Staff Engineer: Cloud AI Platform & Technical Leadership

Relha LLC; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 269,000 - 307,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One in McLean, VA is seeking a Staff Engineer to join a community of technical experts shaping the future of banking in the cloud. You will work with engineers, ML specialists, product managers and people leaders to drive real-time, AI-powered finance platforms.

As a Distinguished Engineer, you will mentor teams, evangelize a bold technical vision, ensure design quality, and tackle multi-tenant, scalable systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is required; experience in software engineering and architecture preferred.
• Experience with full ML development lifecycle using AI/ML frameworks.
• Hands-on cloud technologies and enterprise design patterns are highly desirable.
• Strong knowledge of non-functional requirements such as performance, scalability, and operability.

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.
• Mentor and upskill senior engineers, fostering technical excellence and innovation.
• Lead multi-project efforts with focus on scalable, reliable architectures.

Skills

Software engineering

Solution architecture

Enterprise architecture

ML lifecycle

Cloud platforms

Non-functional design

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in CS

Tools

AWS/GCP/Azure

Job description

Capital One in McLean, VA is seeking a Staff Engineer to join a community of technical experts shaping the future of banking in the cloud. You will work with engineers, ML specialists, product managers and people leaders to drive real-time, AI-powered finance platforms.

As a Distinguished Engineer, you will mentor teams, evangelize a bold technical vision, ensure design quality, and tackle multi-tenant, scalable systems.