Staff Cloud Architect & Platform Leader

Capital One Group; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 269,000 - 307,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is hiring a Staff Cloud Engineer to lead cloud modernization efforts and architectural direction across large, distributed systems. You will balance hands-on work with mentoring engineers, evangelize a bold technical vision, and collaborate with senior leaders to set platform strategy.

Qualifications include a CS degree, 8+ years in software engineering, and 4+ years in cloud engineering, with strong experience in Kubernetes and IaC tooling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or related quantitative field.
• At least 8 years of software engineering experience.
• At least 4 years of cloud engineering experience.

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.
• Mentor engineers and lead cross‑divisional projects.
• Drive modernization to microservices and event‑driven platforms.
• Define long‑term platform strategy and API standards.
• Lead adoption of emerging AI and automation to improve cloud platforms.

Skills

Cloud engineering

CI/CD

Distributed systems

Mentoring

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

Pulumi

Crossplane

OPA

Serverless

AI coding tools

Job description

Capital One is hiring a Staff Cloud Engineer to lead cloud modernization efforts and architectural direction across large, distributed systems. You will balance hands-on work with mentoring engineers, evangelize a bold technical vision, and collaborate with senior leaders to set platform strategy.

Qualifications include a CS degree, 8+ years in software engineering, and 4+ years in cloud engineering, with strong experience in Kubernetes and IaC tooling.