Staff Engineer: Cloud, Microservices & Tech Leadership

Capital One; Helena (MT); Remote; USD 245,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Staff Full-stack Engineer to join the cloud-focused engineering community. You will lead technical contributions, mentor peers, and drive modernization across monolithic systems to microservices and event-driven platforms.

You will work with engineers, ML experts, product managers, and people leaders to deliver scalable, high-performance solutions. A strong background in cloud, data architecture, and design patterns is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related quantitative field.
• At least 7 years in software engineering, solution architecture, cloud computing, and data architecture.
• Preferred: Master’s degree and 10+ years in distributed web tech, cloud, data.

Responsibilities

• Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domain.
• Decompose complex problems into practical and operational solutions.
• Drive modernization of monolithic systems into microservice architectures and event-driven platforms.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to define long-term platform strategy and API standards.
• Mentor engineers and lead cross-divisional projects.

Skills

Cloud computing

Software engineering

Architecture design

Performance & scalability

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master’s degree

Tools

JavaScript

TypeScript

SPA frameworks

Go

Java

Python

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Staff Full-stack Engineer to join the cloud-focused engineering community. You will lead technical contributions, mentor peers, and drive modernization across monolithic systems to microservices and event-driven platforms.

You will work with engineers, ML experts, product managers, and people leaders to deliver scalable, high-performance solutions. A strong background in cloud, data architecture, and design patterns is essential.