Staff Engineer: AI-Driven Real-Time Marketing Architect (Remote)

Capital One National Association; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 269,000 - 307,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead architectural strategy and hands-on prototyping across real-time marketing and agentic AI initiatives. You will influence Capital One Tech decisions, mentor engineers, and drive scalable, high-impact solutions while promoting an inclusive and excellence-driven culture.

As a senior domain expert, you will shape future architectures, deliver PoCs, and ensure performance, scalability, and operability across platforms, partnering with teams to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• 7+ years of software engineering and solution architecture experience.
• 7+ years of enterprise architecture and design patterns experience.
• 3+ years of experience with AWS.

Responsibilities

• Prototype and lead technical initiatives across platforms.
• Provide architectural guidance for large-scale programs.
• Drive AI adoption and agentic marketing system projects.
• Mentor engineers and promote engineering excellence.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable solutions.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to stakeholders.
• Evaluate build vs. buy decisions and lead PoCs.

Skills

AWS

Enterprise architecture

Cloud computing

System design

Java

Python

Leadership

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree in Computer Science

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead architectural strategy and hands-on prototyping across real-time marketing and agentic AI initiatives. You will influence Capital One Tech decisions, mentor engineers, and drive scalable, high-impact solutions while promoting an inclusive and excellence-driven culture.

As a senior domain expert, you will shape future architectures, deliver PoCs, and ensure performance, scalability, and operability across platforms, partnering with teams to