Senior Staff Full-Stack Engineer — Remote & Cloud Innovator

Capital One; Topeka (KS); Remote; USD 286,000 - 327,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote eligible

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Senior Staff Full-Stack Engineer to lead architectural excellence in a cloud-first environment. This remote-eligible role will influence platforms, APIs, and non-functional qualities while modeling technical leadership across teams.

You will mentor engineers, shape long-term platform strategy, and collaborate with ML, product, and people leaders to deliver scalable, secure solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field
• 9+ years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, cloud, data architecture
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and data architectures

Responsibilities

• Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domain
• Decompose complex problems into practical, operational solutions
• Ensure quality of technical design and implementation
• Serve as an authoritative expert on non-functional system characteristics (performance, scalability, operability)
• Continue learning and injecting advanced technical knowledge
• Handle several projects simultaneously to maximize impact
• Mentor engineers and elevate technical capabilities across teams
• Drive modernization of monolithic systems to microservices and event-driven architectures
• Collaborate with senior leaders to define long-term platform strategy and API standards
• Lead cross-divisional projects promoting best practices and enhancements

Skills

Software engineering

Solution architecture

Cloud computing

Data architecture

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Master's degree in CS or Software Eng

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

JavaScript/TypeScript

SPA frameworks

Go

Java

Python

Rust

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Senior Staff Full-Stack Engineer to lead architectural excellence in a cloud-first environment. This remote-eligible role will influence platforms, APIs, and non-functional qualities while modeling technical leadership across teams.

You will mentor engineers, shape long-term platform strategy, and collaborate with ML, product, and people leaders to deliver scalable, secure solutions.