Staff Full-stack Engineer - FS Tech Architecture

Capital One Group; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking an engineering leader to articulate a bold technical vision and break down complex problems into actionable plans. You will guide modernization from monoliths to microservices and event-driven platforms while mentoring engineers across teams.

We expect extensive experience in software engineering, architecture, and cloud deployments, plus a track record of shaping platform strategy with senior leaders.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in CS or software engineering.
• 10+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience with cloud platforms and scalable architecture.
• 5+ years mentoring senior engineers and leading architectural reviews.
• Experience with message-driven, event-based architectures (pub/sub, queues).
• Experience designing scalable, distributed systems and API standards.

Responsibilities

• Articulate a bold technical vision and decompose problems into practical solutions.
• Drive modernization of monolithic systems to microservices and event-driven platforms.
• Lead cross-divisional architectural reviews and establish coding standards.
• Mentor engineers and raise technical proficiency across teams.
• Collaborate with architecture leaders to define platform strategy.

Skills

Software engineering

Solution architecture

Enterprise architecture

Cloud computing

Data architecture

Web technologies

Distributed HPC/ML systems

Mentoring & leadership

Cross-domain reviews

Public cloud platforms

Education

Master's Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

Go

Java

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

Rust

C#

Scala

Databases / DBMS

Job description

* 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* Rigorously evaluate architectural and design decisions for scalability limits, data consistency tradeoffs, and long-term maintainability before committing to an approach* Serve as an authoritative expert on non-functional system characteristics, such as performance, scalability and operability* Continue learning and injecting advanced technical knowledge into our community* Handle several projects simultaneously, balancing your time to maximize impact* Act as a role model and mentor within the tech community, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community* Drive modernization of monolithic systems into microservice architectures and event-driven platforms* Collaborate with senior engineering and architecture leaders to define long-term platform strategy and API standards* Serve as a force-multiplier for the team, balancing deep, hands-on technical contribution and innovation with mentoring and elevating the skills of peers and junior engineers.* Lead cross-divisional projects and impacts that promote technological best practices and enhancements- At least 7 years of experience in all of the following:* Software engineering and solution architecture* Enterprise architecture and design patterns* Cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)* Data architecture* Master's Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering* 10+ years of professional experience coding in commonly used languages like Go, Java, JavaScript/Typescript, Python, Rust, C#, Scala* 8+ years of experience with database and database management systems* 10+ years of professional experience in the full lifecycle of system development, from conception through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment and production support* 8+ years of experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), cloud-based productivity tools, or virtualization technologies* 10+ years of experience with Networking protocols and integration with third party distributed systems* 5+ years of experience with message-oriented middleware and asynchronous, event-driven communication patterns (e.g., pub/sub, queuing, event streaming)* 5+ years of experience mentoring senior engineers and driving professional development within technical teams* 2+ years of experience leading cross-domain architectural reviews and establishing coding and design standards* Expertise in the strategic application of agentic AI coding tools to solve systemic development challenges- 10+ years of experience in all of the following:* Software engineering and solution architecture* Enterprise architecture and design patterns* Web technologies (JavaScript, TypeScript and SPA frameworks)* Designing and building distributed HPC and ML systems* Cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)* Data architectureCapital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.