Staff Engineer, Card Partnerships & AI-Enabled Platforms

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

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Staff Engineer to join a community of technical experts defining the future of banking in the cloud. The role focuses on the Partnership Card organization, driving world-class credit experiences for brands like Kohl’s, Williams-Sonoma, and T-Mobile, with emphasis on AI-powered development and scalable, resilient systems.

You will lead as a trusted advisor, articulating bold technical visions, mentoring engineers, and contributing across platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• 7+ years of general software engineering and solution architecture experience.
• 7+ years of enterprise architecture and design patterns experience.
• Proven track record in delivering complex systems.

Responsibilities

• Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domain.
• Decompose complex problems into practical operational solutions.
• Ensure the quality of technical design and implementation.
• Serve as an authoritative expert on non-functional system characteristics (performance, scalability, operability).
• Continue learning and injecting advanced technical knowledge into the community.

Skills

Software engineering

Solution architecture

Enterprise architecture

AI-enabled engineering

Cloud technologies

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript

Swift

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Staff Engineer to join a community of technical experts defining the future of banking in the cloud. The role focuses on the Partnership Card organization, driving world-class credit experiences for brands like Kohl’s, Williams-Sonoma, and T-Mobile, with emphasis on AI-powered development and scalable, resilient systems.

You will lead as a trusted advisor, articulating bold technical visions, mentoring engineers, and contributing across platforms.