Staff Full-Stack Engineer: Cloud, Microservices & Mentor

Capital One; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 269,000 - 307,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Staff Engineer (Director - IC) in Cambridge, MA to drive cloud-native platform strategy and deliver scalable, high-performance solutions. You will lead technical vision, decompose complex problems, and guide architecture across teams.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with executives, and spearhead modernization of systems into microservices and event-driven architectures while maintaining strong operational quality and security.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
• Minimum 7 years of software engineering, solution architecture and cloud experience.
• Experience with AWS/Azure/GCP and data architecture.

Responsibilities

• Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domain.
• Decompose complex problems into practical solutions and guide implementation.
• Drive modernization of monolithic systems to microservices and event-driven platforms.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to define long-term platform strategy and API standards.
• Mentor engineers and lead cross-divisional projects to elevate technical capability.

Skills

Software engineering

Solution architecture

Cloud computing

Data architecture

Performance & scalability

Mentoring engineers

Cross-functional collaboration

API design

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

AWS

Microsoft Azure

Google Cloud

Java/TypeScript

Go

Python

C#

Scala

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Staff Engineer (Director - IC) in Cambridge, MA to drive cloud-native platform strategy and deliver scalable, high-performance solutions. You will lead technical vision, decompose complex problems, and guide architecture across teams.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with executives, and spearhead modernization of systems into microservices and event-driven architectures while maintaining strong operational quality and security.