Senior Staff Full-Stack Engineer — Remote-Eligible Cloud Apps

Capital One; Santa Fe (NM); Remote; USD 286,000 - 327,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One seeks a Senior Staff Full-Stack Engineer to work remotely with the Global Payment Network technology team. You will lead architectural decisions, drive modernization to microservices, and mentor engineers while delivering scalable, secure cloud-based solutions.

The role requires senior-level software engineering, design patterns, and cloud experience across AWS/Azure/GCP, with a track record of delivering complex systems end-to-end.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a quantitative field is required.
• Extreme emphasis on senior-level software engineering, architecture, and cloud experience.
• Proven ability to mentor engineers and drive architectural standards.

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.
• Serve as an authoritative expert on non-functional system characteristics.
• Continually learn and inject advanced technical knowledge into the community.
• Lead multiple projects balancing time for maximum impact.
• Mentor engineers and foster technical growth across teams.
• Drive modernization of monolithic systems to microservices and event-driven platforms.
• Collaborate to define long-term platform strategy and API standards.
• Balance deep hands-on work with mentoring peers and juniors.
• Lead cross-divisional projects that promote best practices.

Skills

Web technologies

HPC/ML systems

Cloud computing

Data architecture

Programming languages

Databases

Full SDLC

Public cloud experience

Networking protocols

Mentoring

Architectural reviews

AI coding tools

Education

Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or related field

Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Job description

Capital One seeks a Senior Staff Full-Stack Engineer to work remotely with the Global Payment Network technology team. You will lead architectural decisions, drive modernization to microservices, and mentor engineers while delivering scalable, secure cloud-based solutions.

The role requires senior-level software engineering, design patterns, and cloud experience across AWS/Azure/GCP, with a track record of delivering complex systems end-to-end.