Staff Software Engineer: Cloud-Driven Banking Innovator

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

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Staff Software Engineer in the Richmond, VA area to drive design and delivery of loyalty systems in the cloud. You will lead technical direction, contribute code, and mentor engineers while partnering with product, ML, and people leaders to deliver high-impact solutions.

You will leverage modern AI coding tools and cloud platforms to enable scalable architectures, ensure performance, and align with business goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; 7+ years in software engineering with design and code contributions.
• 7+ years in backend (Go/Java/Python) and web tech (JavaScript/TypeScript).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS) and scalable microservices.

Responsibilities

• Architect software and systems powering loyalty rewards and capabilities.
• Lead code contributions and mentor engineers.
• Define and evangelize a bold technical vision for the domain.
• Collaborate with partners on scoping and building features for customers.

Skills

Software engineering

Go

Java

Python

JavaScript

TypeScript

AWS

Generative AI tools

Microservices

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Windsurf

Claude Code

AWS

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Staff Software Engineer in the Richmond, VA area to drive design and delivery of loyalty systems in the cloud. You will lead technical direction, contribute code, and mentor engineers while partnering with product, ML, and people leaders to deliver high-impact solutions.

You will leverage modern AI coding tools and cloud platforms to enable scalable architectures, ensure performance, and align with business goals.