Staff Software Engineer — Cloud Platform & Card Tech

Capital One; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 269,000 - 307,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the Card Core Accounts and Transactions platform transformation. You will architect target state solutions, mentor engineers, and drive scalable, secure cloud-based services to empower customer-facing applications.

You will partner with architecture leaders and product teams, balancing hands-on work with mentoring to elevate technical excellence across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
• Experience in software engineering and solution architecture.
• Experience with cloud computing (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Experience with data architecture.

Responsibilities

• Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domain.
• Decompose complex problems into practical solutions.
• Drive modernization of monolithic systems into microservice architectures.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to define long-term platform strategy and API standards.

Skills

Software engineering

Enterprise architecture

Cloud computing

Data architecture

Go

Java

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

Rust

C#

Scala

SQL databases

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the Card Core Accounts and Transactions platform transformation. You will architect target state solutions, mentor engineers, and drive scalable, secure cloud-based services to empower customer-facing applications.

You will partner with architecture leaders and product teams, balancing hands-on work with mentoring to elevate technical excellence across the organization.