Staff Full-Stack Reliability Engineer — Platform Resilience

Capital One; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 245,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead technical direction across cloud-based platforms, modernize monolithic systems into microservices, and mentor engineers. You will influence architecture, collaborate with leaders, and drive standards for performance, scalability, and reliability across the Capital One Tech community.

You will work on developer-first platform solutions, embedding automation for real-time measurement, and promote an inclusive, high-performing engineering culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
• At least 7 years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture, enterprise architecture and design patterns, cloud computing, and data architecture.

Responsibilities

• Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domain.
• Decompose complex problems into practical solutions and ensure quality of design and implementation.
• Serve as an authoritative expert on performance, scalability, and operability.

Skills

Software engineering

Enterprise architecture

Cloud computing

Data architecture

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree in CS or Software Engineering

Tools

JavaScript/TypeScript

Go

Python

SQL databases

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead technical direction across cloud-based platforms, modernize monolithic systems into microservices, and mentor engineers. You will influence architecture, collaborate with leaders, and drive standards for performance, scalability, and reliability across the Capital One Tech community.

You will work on developer-first platform solutions, embedding automation for real-time measurement, and promote an inclusive, high-performing engineering culture.