Staff Full-Stack Engineer: Cloud, Microservices & Mentorship

Capital One National Association

Chicago (IL)

On-site

USD 245,000 - 279,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Staff Engineer in Chicago to lead complex projects, drive modernization, and set technical direction across platforms and APIs. You will mentor engineers, influence architecture choices, and collaborate with senior leaders to raise engineering standards.

You will act as a trusted advisor on performance, scalability, and operability, while delivering practical, reusable solutions that align with Capital One’s cloud-first strategy.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Computer Science or related quantitative field.
7+ years of software engineering and solution architecture experience.
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Experience with data architecture.

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).
Continue learning and injecting advanced technical knowledge into the community.
Balance multiple projects to maximize impact.
Mentor engineers and raise technical capabilities across teams.

Skills

Software engineering

Enterprise architecture

Cloud computing

Data architecture

Web technologies

ML systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Master’s Degree

Job description

You will act as a trusted advisor on performance, scalability, and operability, while delivering practical, reusable solutions that align with Capital One’s cloud-first strategy.

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