Staff Engineer, AI-Driven Risk Tech (Remote)

Capital One; Carson City (NV); Remote; USD 210,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Staff Engineer (Remote - Eligible) to lead technology transformations in risk management with AI/ML, contribute code, and mentor engineers. The role emphasizes architectural leadership, high-quality design, and hands-on implementation across cloud-native systems.

The position allows remote work and involves collaborating with AML & Sanctions teams to shape real-time risk products, while promoting engineering excellence and knowledge sharing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a STEM field.
• 7+ years in software engineering and solution architecture.
• 5+ years in cloud computing (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• 5+ years in data architecture including real-time/event-driven architectures.
• Experience with AI/ML concepts applied to engineering challenges.

Responsibilities

• Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for embedding AI and automated code transformation into the developer lifecycle
• Decompose complex problems into practical and operational solutions
• Ensure the quality of technical design and implementation
• Serve as an expert on non-functional system characteristics (performance, scalability, operability)
• Continue learning and injecting advanced technical knowledge into the community
• Handle several projects simultaneously and maximize impact
• Mentor engineers and strengthen technical expertise within the team
• Develop full stack applications spanning frontend and backend with a product mindset

Skills

Software architecture

Cloud computing

AI/ML concepts

Leadership

Engineering excellence

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Staff Engineer (Remote - Eligible) to lead technology transformations in risk management with AI/ML, contribute code, and mentor engineers. The role emphasizes architectural leadership, high-quality design, and hands-on implementation across cloud-native systems.

The position allows remote work and involves collaborating with AML & Sanctions teams to shape real-time risk products, while promoting engineering excellence and knowledge sharing.