Staff Full-Stack Engineer, Global Payments Network

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

Job summary

Capital One in Plano, TX is seeking a Staff Full-stack Engineer to shape the Global Payment Network and lead architectural directions. You will mentor engineers and collaborate across teams to deliver scalable, cloud-based solutions.

You will drive modernization from monoliths to microservices, set API standards, and balance hands-on work with strategic leadership in a fast-paced fintech environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field.
• 7+ years in software engineering, solution architecture and cloud.
• Experience with AWS/Azure/GCP and data architecture.
• Strong knowledge of performance, scalability, and operability.
• Master's degree and 10+ years experience in architecture and web tech (preferred).
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading architectural reviews.

Responsibilities

• Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domain.
• Decompose complex problems into practical, operational solutions.
• Ensure quality of technical design and implementation.
• Lead modernization from monoliths to microservices and event-driven platforms.
• Collaborate with leaders to define long-term platform strategy and API standards.

Skills

Software engineering

Enterprise architecture

Cloud computing

Data architecture

Performance & scalability

Mentoring

Cross-domain collaboration

Go

Java

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Go

Java

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

Job description

Capital One in Plano, TX is seeking a Staff Full-stack Engineer to shape the Global Payment Network and lead architectural directions. You will mentor engineers and collaborate across teams to deliver scalable, cloud-based solutions.

You will drive modernization from monoliths to microservices, set API standards, and balance hands-on work with strategic leadership in a fast-paced fintech environment.