Staff Full-Stack Engineer: Cloud, Microservices & Mentorship

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

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Staff Full-stack Engineer in McLean, VA to lead technical strategy and contribute hands-on across cloud-native platforms. You will drive scalable, secure solutions while mentoring engineers and partnering with product, ML, and people operations teams.

The role emphasizes architecture, performance, and operability, with opportunities to influence cross-divisional initiatives and API standards across Capital One Tech.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
• 7+ years of software engineering, solution architecture, and cloud platforms.
• Experience with cloud providers such as AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.
• Strong data architecture experience and design patterns.

Responsibilities

• Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domain.
• Decompose complex problems into practical operational solutions.
• Drive modernization of monolithic systems into microservices and event-driven platforms.
• Define long-term platform strategy and API standards with leadership.
• Mentor engineers and act as a role model within the tech community.

Skills

Software engineering

Enterprise architecture

Cloud computing

Data architecture

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Staff Full-stack Engineer in McLean, VA to lead technical strategy and contribute hands-on across cloud-native platforms. You will drive scalable, secure solutions while mentoring engineers and partnering with product, ML, and people operations teams.

The role emphasizes architecture, performance, and operability, with opportunities to influence cross-divisional initiatives and API standards across Capital One Tech.