Staff Full-Stack Engineer - Cloud, Microservices & ML

Capital One; Topeka (KS); Remote; USD 245,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Staff Full-stack Engineer to join a community of technical experts shaping the future of banking in the cloud. You will lead as a trusted advisor across platforms, drive modernization from monoliths to microservices, and mentor engineers while delivering innovative technology solutions.

This role emphasizes architectural reviews, scalable designs, and collaboration with senior leaders to set API standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
• 7+ years in software engineering, solution architecture, and cloud computing.
• Experience with distributed systems, design patterns, and 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.
• Lead modernization from monoliths to microservices and event-driven platforms.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to define platform strategy and API standards.
• Balance deep technical work with mentoring and elevating peers.

Skills

Software engineering

Solution architecture

Enterprise architecture

Cloud computing

Data architecture

Web technologies

Go

Java

JavaScript/Typescript

Python

Rust

C#

Scala

Databases

Mentoring

Architectural reviews

Agentic AI tools

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Master's Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Staff Full-stack Engineer to join a community of technical experts shaping the future of banking in the cloud. You will lead as a trusted advisor across platforms, drive modernization from monoliths to microservices, and mentor engineers while delivering innovative technology solutions.

This role emphasizes architectural reviews, scalable designs, and collaboration with senior leaders to set API standards.