Staff Engineer — Cloud & Data Protection Leader

Capital One; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 269,000 - 307,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Staff Engineer to join the Enterprise Data Protection workstream. You will shape architectural strategy across Java, GoLang, Rust, Python, and Angular, building secure, scalable cloud-native infrastructure and multi-language SDKs.

You will mentor engineers, drive modernization, and collaborate with senior leaders on platform standards. You will lead cross-divisional projects, evangelize technical visions, and contribute to high-impact initiatives across Capital One Tech.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
• At least 7 years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, and enterprise architecture.
• Experience with cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud.
• Proficiency in data architecture and modern software design patterns.
• 10+ years coding with Go, Java, JavaScript/Typescript, Python, Rust, C#, Scala.
• 8+ years with databases and DBMS.

Responsibilities

• Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domain.
• Decompose complex problems into practical, operational solutions.
• Ensure quality of technical design and implementation.
• Serve as an authoritative expert on non-functional system characteristics like performance, scalability and operability.
• Lead modernization of monolithic systems into microservice architectures and event-driven platforms.
• Collaborate with senior engineering and architecture leaders to define long-term platform strategy and API standards.
• Mentor engineers, coach peers and drive professional development.
• Lead cross-divisional projects promoting best practices and enhancements.

Skills

Cloud computing

Performance & scalability

Mentoring

Cross-team collaboration

Architectural design

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

Go

Java

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

Rust

C#

Scala

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Staff Engineer to join the Enterprise Data Protection workstream. You will shape architectural strategy across Java, GoLang, Rust, Python, and Angular, building secure, scalable cloud-native infrastructure and multi-language SDKs.

You will mentor engineers, drive modernization, and collaborate with senior leaders on platform standards. You will lead cross-divisional projects, evangelize technical visions, and contribute to high-impact initiatives across Capital One Tech.