Staff Full-Stack Engineer — Remote Cloud & ML Expert

Capital One; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 245,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Staff Full-stack Engineer who will guide technical direction, architecture, and modernization across platforms. You will collaborate with cloud and ML experts, product managers, and people leaders to deliver scalable, high-impact banking solutions in the cloud.

You will mentor engineers, drive cross-team initiatives, and shape API standards while balancing hands-on coding with strategic influence. The role emphasizes strong communication and architectural leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, enterprise architecture, and cloud computing.
• Experience with cloud computing (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and data architecture.
• 10+ years of experience across listed domains and languages is preferred.
• 5+ years mentoring engineers and leading cross-domain architectural reviews.

Responsibilities

• Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domain.
• Decompose complex problems into practical, operating solutions.
• Ensure the quality of technical design and implementation.
• Serve as an authoritative expert on performance, scalability, and operability.
• Continue learning and injecting advanced technical knowledge into our community.
• Handle several projects simultaneously, balancing time for impact.
• Coach and mentor engineers to strengthen technical expertise across teams.
• Drive modernization of monolithic systems into microservices and event-driven architectures.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to define long-term platform strategy and API standards.
• Balance deep technical contribution with mentoring and elevating peers.
• Lead cross-divisional projects promoting best practices and enhancements.

Skills

Software engineering

Solution architecture

Enterprise architecture

Cloud computing

Data architecture

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Public cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

Go

Java

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

Rust

C#

Scala

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Staff Full-stack Engineer who will guide technical direction, architecture, and modernization across platforms. You will collaborate with cloud and ML experts, product managers, and people leaders to deliver scalable, high-impact banking solutions in the cloud.

You will mentor engineers, drive cross-team initiatives, and shape API standards while balancing hands-on coding with strategic influence. The role emphasizes strong communication and architectural leadership.