Staff Engineer, Card Tech - AI-Native Leader

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

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Staff Engineer to join Card Tech and help redefine software development speed and quality in a cloud-native environment. You will act as a high‑agency leader, delivering production‑ready code while mentoring engineers to become elite AI‑native builders.

You will own technical benchmarks, translate complex architectures into clear actions, and attract top talent to build next‑generation capabilities.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Experience designing distributed systems, backend architecture, and API platforms.
• Experience with public cloud technologies.

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 (performance, scalability, operability).
• Continue learning and injecting advanced technical knowledge into our community.

Skills

Distributed systems

Backend architecture

API design

Public cloud

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript

TypeScript

Swift

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

GraphQL

gRPC

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Staff Engineer to join Card Tech and help redefine software development speed and quality in a cloud-native environment. You will act as a high‑agency leader, delivering production‑ready code while mentoring engineers to become elite AI‑native builders.

You will own technical benchmarks, translate complex architectures into clear actions, and attract top talent to build next‑generation capabilities.