Staff Full-stack Engineer

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

Job summary

Capital One in McLean, Virginia is seeking a Staff Full-stack Engineer to define and execute in a cloud-first banking environment. You will work with engineers, ML experts, product managers and people leaders to deliver scalable solutions and drive innovation across platforms.

You will mentor engineers, lead through technical contribution, drive modernization of monolithic systems into microservices, and collaborate with architects to set long-term platform strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field or related area.
• 7+ years in software engineering, solution architecture, and cloud environments.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Experience in data architecture and enterprise patterns.

Responsibilities

• Articulate a bold technical vision for your domain.
• Decompose complex problems into practical solutions.
• Ensure high quality of design and implementation.
• Serve as an expert on performance, scalability, and operability.
• Mentor engineers and drive modernization of monoliths to microservices.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to define platform strategy and API standards.
• Lead cross-divisional projects and promote best practices.

Skills

Software engineering

Enterprise architecture

Cloud computing

Data architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree in CS or Software Engineering

Job description

Staff Full-stack Engineer

As a Staff Engineer at Capital One, you will be part of a community of technical experts working to define the future of banking in the cloud. You will work alongside our talented team of developers, machine learning experts, product managers and people leaders. Our Staff Engineers are leading experts in their domains, helping devise practical and reusable solutions to complex problems. You will drive innovation at multiple levels, helping optimize business outcomes while delivering strong technology solutions.

At Capital One, we believe diversity of thought strengthens our ability to influence, collaborate and provide the most innovative solutions across organizational boundaries. You will promote a culture of engineering excellence and strike the right balance between lending expertise and providing an inclusive environment where the ideas of others can be heard and championed. You will lead the way in creating next-generation talent for Capital One Tech, mentoring engineers and actively recruiting to keep building our community.

Staff Engineers are expected to lead through technical contribution. You will operate as a trusted advisor for our key technologies, platforms and capability domains, creating clear and concise communications, code samples, blog posts and other materials to share knowledge both inside and outside the organization. You will specialize in a particular subject area, but your input and impact will be sought and expected throughout the organization.

About the Team

As a Staff Engineer, in the Servicing Platform space you will partner alongside Product and Engineering teams to build and deliver innovative solutions at an enterprise scale. You will be involved in continuously helping to build and improve our platforms to ensure security, performance, maintainability, and usability are best-in-class.

What You’ll Do:

• 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 non-functional system characteristics, such as 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, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community
• Drive modernization of monolithic systems into microservice architectures and event-driven platforms
• Collaborate with senior engineering and architecture leaders to define long-term platform strategy and API standards
• Serve as a force‑multiplier for the team, balancing deep, hands‑on technical contribution and innovation with mentoring and elevating the skills of peers and junior engineers.
• Lead cross‑divisional projects and impacts that promote technological best practices and enhancements

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Engineering)
• At least 7 years of experience in all of the following:
  • Software engineering and solution architecture
  • Enterprise architecture and design patterns
  • Cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
  • Data architecture

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering
• 10+ years of professional experience coding in commonly used languages like Java, Python or Go
• 8+ years of professional experience in the full lifecycle of system development, from conception through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment and production support
• Experience architecting AI driven solutions and workflows

Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

McLean, VA: $269,100 - $307,200 for Staff Full-stack Engineer
Plano, TX: $244,700 - $279,200 for Staff Full-stack Engineer
Richmond, VA: $244,700 - $279,200 for Staff Full-stack Engineer

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.

This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug‑free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23‑A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901‑4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

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