Staff Engineer, Card Tech — AI-Driven Cloud & API Platforms

capitalone

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 294,000 - 335,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for Card Tech in San Francisco. You will be a senior technical leader, shipping production‑grade code at pace while mentoring a team of engineers and machine learning specialists.

You will define and evangelize architectural directions, architect scalable systems, and drive the adoption of cloud‑native practices across the platform. You will collaborate with product managers, engineers and people leaders to deliver high‑impact solutions, balancing

Qualifications

7+ years in software engineering
7+ years designing distributed systems, backend architecture, API platforms
7+ years with public cloud technologies
Ability to lead and mentor teams

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
Serve as an authoritative expert on non‑functional system characteristics like performance, scalability and operability
Continue learning and inject advanced technical knowledge into the community
Handle several projects simultaneously, balancing time to maximize impact
Act as a role model and mentor within the tech community to strengthen engineering capabilities