Staff Software Engineer - Card Tech & Cloud Platform

Capital One Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 294,000 - 335,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to help define the future of banking in the cloud. You will lead technical vision, architect scalable platforms, and mentor engineers across Card Core Accounts and Transactions.

This is a senior, hands-on role focused on delivering secure, high‑performing services while driving platform modernization and cross‑team collaboration. The ideal candidate brings 9+ years in software engineering and enterprise architecture, plus deep experience with

Qualifications

• Bachelors or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
• 10+ years in software engineering, solution architecture, and enterprise design patterns.
• Experience with cloud computing (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Strong data architecture and web technology experience.

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.
• Continue learning and injecting advanced technical knowledge into our community.
• Handle several projects simultaneously to maximize impact.
• Mentor engineers and strengthen the technical expertise of peers and juniors.
• Drive modernization of monolithic systems into microservice architectures.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to define long-term platform strategy and API standards.
• Lead cross-divisional projects to promote best practices and enhancements.

Skills

JavaScript/TypeScript

Cloud computing

Software architecture

Distributed systems

Go

Java

Python

Scala

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree (preferred)

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to help define the future of banking in the cloud. You will lead technical vision, architect scalable platforms, and mentor engineers across Card Core Accounts and Transactions.

This is a senior, hands-on role focused on delivering secure, high‑performing services while driving platform modernization and cross‑team collaboration. The ideal candidate brings 9+ years in software engineering and enterprise architecture, plus deep experience with