Staff Full-Stack Engineer — Cloud & Microservices Leader

ITSMF; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 269,000 - 307,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One in McLean, VA seeks a Staff Full-Stack Engineer (Director-IC) to lead platform strategy and mentor engineers across squads. You’ll serve as a trusted advisor on performance, scalability and operability, driving technical excellence and sharing knowledge.

You will collaborate with senior architects to evolve monoliths into microservices and event-driven architectures, lead cross‑divisional initiatives, and champion coding standards while delivering robust, scalable banking technology.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in CS or a related quantitative field.
• At least 7 years in software engineering, solution architecture, and cloud computing.
• Experience with data architecture and large-scale systems.
• Strong mentoring and leadership within engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Define a bold technical vision for your domain.
• Decompose complex problems into practical solutions.
• Ensure quality of technical design and implementation.
• Lead non-functional aspects like performance and scalability.
• Mentor engineers and foster talent across teams.
• Drive modernization to microservices and event-driven architectures.

Skills

Software engineering

Cloud computing

Web technologies

Distributed systems

Data architecture

Leadership & mentoring

Education

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

Master’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

APIs and design patterns

Job description

Capital One in McLean, VA seeks a Staff Full-Stack Engineer (Director-IC) to lead platform strategy and mentor engineers across squads. You’ll serve as a trusted advisor on performance, scalability and operability, driving technical excellence and sharing knowledge.

You will collaborate with senior architects to evolve monoliths into microservices and event-driven architectures, lead cross‑divisional initiatives, and champion coding standards while delivering robust, scalable banking technology.