Senior Staff Full-Stack Engineer, Customer Platforms

Capital One; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 286,000 - 327,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Senior Staff Full-stack Engineer for the Customer Platforms group in Chicago. You will lead technical strategy, drive architecture decisions and contribute hands-on coding across frontend, backend and data processing to shape the next generation of credit card customer experiences.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product and data teams, and push for scalable, reliable systems while embracing an inclusive, high-performance culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field and 9+ years in software engineering and solution architecture.
• Experience with cloud computing and data architecture.

Responsibilities

• Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domain.
• Decompose complex problems into practical and operational solutions.
• Ensure the quality of technical design and implementation.
• Lead cross-divisional architectural reviews and coding standards.
• Hands-on full-stack coding across frontend, backend, and data processing.
• Drive modernization of monolithic systems to microservices and event-driven platforms.

Skills

Software engineering

Solution architecture

Cloud computing

Data architecture

Programming languages

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

Go

Java

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

SQL

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Senior Staff Full-stack Engineer for the Customer Platforms group in Chicago. You will lead technical strategy, drive architecture decisions and contribute hands-on coding across frontend, backend and data processing to shape the next generation of credit card customer experiences.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product and data teams, and push for scalable, reliable systems while embracing an inclusive, high-performance culture.