Senior Staff Software Engineer – Card Tech & Cloud

Capital One; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 245,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for Card Technology in the Chicago area. You will lead architecture, drive platform modernization, and mentor engineers while partnering with product and leadership to deliver scalable, secure cloud-based banking solutions.

The role emphasizes evangelizing the technical direction, guiding design choices, and shaping advanced capabilities across teams. Strong cloud, data, and software architecture experience is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field.
• 7+ years in software engineering, architecture, cloud, and data.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/Google), data architecture.
• Strong design patterns and enterprise architecture knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domain.
• Decompose complex problems into practical solutions and governance.
• Ensure quality of design and drive scalable, performant systems.
• Mentor engineers and coach peers to raise technical excellence.
• Drive modernization from monoliths to microservices and event platforms.
• Lead cross-divisional architectural reviews and coding standards.
• Collaborate with senior leaders on platform strategy and APIs.

Skills

Software engineering

Enterprise architecture

Cloud computing

Data architecture

Mentoring

Cross-functional

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS or related

Master’s degree in CS/SE

Tools

Go

Java

TypeScript/JavaScript

Python

Rust

C#

Scala

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for Card Technology in the Chicago area. You will lead architecture, drive platform modernization, and mentor engineers while partnering with product and leadership to deliver scalable, secure cloud-based banking solutions.

The role emphasizes evangelizing the technical direction, guiding design choices, and shaping advanced capabilities across teams. Strong cloud, data, and software architecture experience is essential.