Staff Full-Stack Engineer: Cloud Architect & Tech Mentor

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

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Staff Full-stack Engineer to lead architectural directions and hands-on modernization of cloud-based platforms. You will influence design standards, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product, ML, and DevOps teams to deliver scalable, reliable software solutions.

You will drive cross-functional initiatives, ensure performance and security, and evolve technologies across multiple domains within Capital One Tech, fostering an inclusive, high-impact engineering culture.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, enterprise architecture, cloud computing and data architecture.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or related quantitative field.
• Preferred Master’s degree and extensive experience across web technologies and cloud 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 modernization of monolithic systems into microservice architectures.

Skills

Software engineering

Enterprise architecture

Data architecture

Cloud computing

JavaScript/TypeScript

Go

Java

Python

Rust

C#

Scala

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Computer Science or related field

Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

Go

Java

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

Rust

C#

Scala

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kubernetes

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Staff Full-stack Engineer to lead architectural directions and hands-on modernization of cloud-based platforms. You will influence design standards, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product, ML, and DevOps teams to deliver scalable, reliable software solutions.

You will drive cross-functional initiatives, ensure performance and security, and evolve technologies across multiple domains within Capital One Tech, fostering an inclusive, high-impact engineering culture.