Staff Software Engineer: Cloud & Systems Leadership

Capital One National Association; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 294,000 - 335,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our cloud-focused engineering community. You will work with developers, ML experts, product managers and people leaders to shape scalable solutions that power banking in the cloud.

In this role you will lead through technical contribution, articulate bold visions, decompose problems and mentor engineers across teams. The NY-based position includes working with our Digital team to deliver brand-defining experiences for millions of

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• At least 7 years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture.
• Experience with web technologies (JavaScript, TypeScript, SPA frameworks).
• Mobile technology experience (iOS, Android).
• Cloud computing experience (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud).
• Security engineering and architecture experience.
• Data architecture experience.
• Preferred: Master’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 10+ years coding in commonly used languages like Java, Python, Go, JavaScript or TypeScript, Swift.
• 8+ years in full lifecycle of system development.
• 8+ years cloud technologies experience.
• 8+ years networking experience (BGP, Wi‑Fi, SD‑WAN, Cloud Networking).

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 non-functional system characteristics such as performance, scalability and operability
• Continue learning and injecting advanced technical knowledge into our community
• Handle several projects simultaneously, balancing your time to maximize impact
• Act as a role model and mentor within the tech community, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know‑how of our engineering and product community

Skills

Software engineering

Solution architecture

Enterprise architecture

Web technologies

Mobile technologies

Security engineering

Cloud computing

Data architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our cloud-focused engineering community. You will work with developers, ML experts, product managers and people leaders to shape scalable solutions that power banking in the cloud.

In this role you will lead through technical contribution, articulate bold visions, decompose problems and mentor engineers across teams. The NY-based position includes working with our Digital team to deliver brand-defining experiences for millions of