Staff Engineer - Cloud, Microservices & AI Platform

Capital One; Illinois; On-site; USD 270,000 - 310,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead strategy, roadmap, and execution for next‑gen CI/CD pipelines, microservices, and AI‑augmented developer tooling. You will bridge technical implementation and business value, mentor engineers, and collaborate with Cyber, Risk, and Executive Leadership to build a secure, scalable, developer‑centric ecosystem.

This high‑visibility role requires delivering practical solutions, evangelizing a bold technical vision, and driving modernization across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
• At least 7 years of experience in software engineering, enterprise architecture, cloud, and data architecture.

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.
• Lead modernization of monolithic systems into microservice architectures.
• Mentor engineers and coach the team.

Skills

Technical leadership

System architecture

Cloud computing

AI awareness

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

DevOps mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Master's degree in CS/Software Eng

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

CI/CD tools

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead strategy, roadmap, and execution for next‑gen CI/CD pipelines, microservices, and AI‑augmented developer tooling. You will bridge technical implementation and business value, mentor engineers, and collaborate with Cyber, Risk, and Executive Leadership to build a secure, scalable, developer‑centric ecosystem.

This high‑visibility role requires delivering practical solutions, evangelizing a bold technical vision, and driving modernization across