Staff Engineer: Cloud, Microservices & AI Platform Visionary

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

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Staff Engineer to define and drive the future of banking in the cloud. You will lead technical strategy, guide CI/CD and microservices, and mentor engineers while collaborating with product, security, and executive teams.

You will spearhead AI-augmented tooling and declarative infrastructure, balancing hands-on work with thought leadership to deliver secure, scalable platforms across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related quantitative field or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience with software engineering, solution architecture, and cloud platforms.
• Strong understanding of data architecture and enterprise design patterns.

Responsibilities

• Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domain.
• Decompose complex problems into practical, operational solutions.
• Ensure the quality of technical design and implementation.
• Serve as an expert on non-functional characteristics like performance and scalability.
• Lead modernization of monolithic systems to microservices and event-driven platforms.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to define long-term platform strategy and API standards.
• Mentor engineers and elevate team skills.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

DevOps tooling

Kubernetes

Docker

Go

Java

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

Cloud computing

AI coding tools

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related

Master’s Degree in CS or Software Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Crossplane

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Staff Engineer to define and drive the future of banking in the cloud. You will lead technical strategy, guide CI/CD and microservices, and mentor engineers while collaborating with product, security, and executive teams.

You will spearhead AI-augmented tooling and declarative infrastructure, balancing hands-on work with thought leadership to deliver secure, scalable platforms across the organization.