Staff Engineer & Technical Lead: Cloud Banking Innovator

Capital One

Chicago (IL)

On-site

USD 245,000 - 279,000

Full time

11 days ago
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Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Staff Engineer in Chicago to lead technical strategy across Card Acquisitions engineering, delivering modular, scalable solutions and driving modernization across platforms. You will mentor engineers, set standards, and engineer high‑leverage projects with deep domain expertise in cloud, APIs, and distributed systems.

As a Staff Engineer, you will coordinate with product, ML, and people leaders to ship impactful features, optimize performance, and maintain operational

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree required.
  • 7+ years of software engineering experience.
  • Experience in enterprise architecture and design patterns.
  • Strong knowledge of cloud technologies and platforms.

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 on non-functional system characteristics such as performance, scalability and operability.
  • Coach and mentor within the engineering community.
  • Design, build, and maintain a resilient, high‑performance ecosystem for portfolio growth.

Skills

Java
Python
Go
JavaScript/TypeScript
Swift
Cloud platforms
APIs
Microservices
Distributed systems
Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/related field
Bachelor's degree

Tools

Kubernetes
Docker
AWS
Azure
GCP

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Staff Engineer in Chicago to lead technical strategy across Card Acquisitions engineering, delivering modular, scalable solutions and driving modernization across platforms. You will mentor engineers, set standards, and engineer high‑leverage projects with deep domain expertise in cloud, APIs, and distributed systems.

As a Staff Engineer, you will coordinate with product, ML, and people leaders to ship impactful features, optimize performance, and maintain operational

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