Staff Engineer: AI-Driven Cloud & DevOps Leader

Capital One National Association; Virginia, Northern (MN, KY); Hybrid; USD 245,000 - 335,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead strategy, roadmap and execution for next-generation CI/CD pipelines, microservices architectures, and AI-augmented developer tooling. You will bridge technical implementation with business value, partnering with engineering, Cyber, Risk, and leadership to build a secure, developer-centric platform.

This high-visibility role requires translating a bold technical vision into practical solutions, mentoring engineers, and driving cross-divisional

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, enterprise architecture, cloud computing, and data architecture.

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.
• Lead modernization of monolithic systems into microservice architectures and event-driven platforms.
• Collaborate with senior engineering and architecture leaders to define long-term platform strategy and API standards.
• Mentor engineers and foster technical excellence.
• Drive CI/CD and AI-augmented developer tooling strategy.

Skills

Software engineering

Solution architecture

Cloud computing

Data architecture

AI coding tools

Leadership

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

DevOps toolchains

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead strategy, roadmap and execution for next-generation CI/CD pipelines, microservices architectures, and AI-augmented developer tooling. You will bridge technical implementation with business value, partnering with engineering, Cyber, Risk, and leadership to build a secure, developer-centric platform.

This high-visibility role requires translating a bold technical vision into practical solutions, mentoring engineers, and driving cross-divisional