Staff Engineer, Global Payments Network

Capital One; Riverwoods (IL); On-site; USD 245,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One in Riverwoods, IL is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead technical direction for the Global Payment Network. You will drive cloud-native, low-latency solutions, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product teams to deliver scalable, secure money movement infrastructure.

The role emphasizes hands-on coding, architecture leadership, and shared responsibility for engineering excellence across Capital One Tech.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• 7+ years of software experience including software engineering and solution architecture.
• Experience with cloud technologies and scalable systems.
• Strong networking knowledge and distributed systems understanding.

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
• Serve as an authoritative expert on performance, scalability and operability
• Continue learning and injecting advanced technical knowledge into our community
• Handle several projects simultaneously, balancing your time to maximize impact
• Act as a role model and mentor within the tech community, strengthening expertise

Skills

Java

Python

Go

TypeScript/JavaScript

Swift

Cloud architectures

Networking

AI tooling

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree

Job description

Capital One in Riverwoods, IL is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead technical direction for the Global Payment Network. You will drive cloud-native, low-latency solutions, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product teams to deliver scalable, secure money movement infrastructure.

The role emphasizes hands-on coding, architecture leadership, and shared responsibility for engineering excellence across Capital One Tech.