Staff Full-Stack Engineer: Cloud, Microservices & Mentorship

Capital One Group; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 245,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Staff Full-stack Engineer in Plano, TX to lead and shape cloud-based engineering initiatives. You will drive architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and deliver scalable systems across domains, balancing hands-on coding with strategic guidance.

You will contribute to modernization, define API standards, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, high-performance solutions in a large, inclusive tech community.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in CS or related quantitative field.
• 7+ years in software engineering and solution architecture.
• 7+ years in enterprise architecture and design patterns.
• 7+ years in cloud computing (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• 7+ years in 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 performance, scalability and operability.
• Mentor engineers and coach the engineering community.
• Drive modernization of monolithic systems into microservices and event-driven platforms.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to define long-term platform strategy and API standards.
• Lead cross-divisional projects promoting best practices.

Skills

Software engineering

Enterprise architecture

Cloud computing

Data architecture

Web technologies

Distributed HPC/ML systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Master's degree in CS or Software Eng

Tools

Go

Java

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

Rust

C#

Scala

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Staff Full-stack Engineer in Plano, TX to lead and shape cloud-based engineering initiatives. You will drive architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and deliver scalable systems across domains, balancing hands-on coding with strategic guidance.

You will contribute to modernization, define API standards, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, high-performance solutions in a large, inclusive tech community.