Senior Staff Software Engineer: Distributed Systems & APIs

Capital One; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Financial Benefits

Performance Based Incentive

Cash Bonus

Long Term Incentives

Job summary

Capital One in Chicago seeks a technology leader to drive the Card Tech platform. You will design scalable distributed systems and API platforms, shipping production-ready code while mentoring engineers in AI-native development practices.

We value deep expertise in cloud-native engineering, event-driven architectures, and performance-driven software. This role blends hands-on coding with strategic technical leadership in a fast-paced, risk-managed environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is required; 9+ years in software engineering, distributed systems, and cloud technologies.
• Master's degree is preferred; 10+ years in distributed architectures and cloud-native engineering.
• Experience with event-driven architectures and cloud-native development is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical vision for Card Tech by designing scalable, high-performance distributed systems and API platforms.
• Act as a player-coach by shipping production-ready code while mentoring engineers in AI-native development practices.

Skills

Distributed Systems

Backend Architecture

API Platforms

Public Cloud Technologies

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript

TypeScript

Swift

Event-Driven Systems

GraphQL

REST

gRPC

Docker

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Capital One in Chicago seeks a technology leader to drive the Card Tech platform. You will design scalable distributed systems and API platforms, shipping production-ready code while mentoring engineers in AI-native development practices.

We value deep expertise in cloud-native engineering, event-driven architectures, and performance-driven software. This role blends hands-on coding with strategic technical leadership in a fast-paced, risk-managed environment.