Staff Full-Stack Engineer: Cloud & Microservices Leadership

Capital One; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 245,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Staff Full-stack Engineer to advance cloud-native banking platforms. You will lead technical directions, decompose complex problems, and ensure high-quality design while guiding junior engineers and cross-functional teams.

You will influence platform strategy, drive modern architectures, and collaborate with architecture leaders across domains, including ML and product. A strong background in software engineering and cloud systems is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Engineering)
• 7+ years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture
• Experience with cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
• Experience with data architecture and enterprise architecture/design patterns

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 non-functional system characteristics (performance, scalability, operability)
• Continue learning and injecting advanced technical knowledge into our community
• Handle several projects simultaneously to maximize impact
• Act as a role model and mentor within the tech community
• Drive modernization of monolithic systems into microservice architectures and event-driven platforms
• Collaborate with senior leaders to define long-term platform strategy and API standards
• Serve as a force-multiplier balancing deep technical contribution with mentoring and elevating peers
• Lead cross-divisional projects promoting best practices and enhancements

Skills

Software engineering

Solution architecture

Cloud computing

Data architecture

Mentoring engineers

Cross-functional collaboration

Public cloud platforms

Networking protocols

Agentic AI tools

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s Degree in CS or Software Engineering

Tools

Go

Java

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

Rust

C# / Scala

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Staff Full-stack Engineer to advance cloud-native banking platforms. You will lead technical directions, decompose complex problems, and ensure high-quality design while guiding junior engineers and cross-functional teams.

You will influence platform strategy, drive modern architectures, and collaborate with architecture leaders across domains, including ML and product. A strong background in software engineering and cloud systems is essential.