Capital One
Senior Distinguished Engineer (Remote-Eligible)
Capital One, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290
Senior Distinguished Engineer (Remote‑Eligible)
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As a Sr. Distinguished Engineer at Capital One, you will be part of a community of technical experts working to define the future of banking in the cloud. The Senior Distinguished Engineer will operate end to end to enable Capital One credit cards on the next generation credit card processing system. You will play a key role in designing and implementing solutions and platforms that power our business from credit card issuance to settlements. You will help drive innovation and shape the future of credit card processing and unlock value for Capital One customers.
You will work alongside our talented team of developers, machine learning experts, product managers and people leaders. Our Distinguished Engineers are leading experts in their domains, helping devise practical and reusable solutions to complex problems. At Capital One, we believe diversity of thought strengthens our ability to influence, collaborate and provide the most innovative solutions across organizational boundaries. You will promote a culture of engineering excellence and create an inclusive environment where the ideas of others can be heard and championed. You will lead the way in creating next‑generation talent for Capital One Tech, mentoring internal talent and actively recruiting to keep building our community.
Distinguished Engineers are expected to lead through technical contribution. You will operate as a trusted advisor for key technologies, platforms and capability domains, creating clear and concise communications, code samples, blog posts and other material to share knowledge inside and outside the organization. You will specialize in a particular subject area, but your input and impact will be sought and expected throughout the organization.
You are:
A Technical Leader: You have a record of taking a strategic and systematic approach to challenging technical problems and seeing them to completion. Your technical expertise often influences product direction. You foster a culture of technical excellence and help other engineers grow.
Distributed systems expert: Building, scaling, and modernizing business critical applications across a wide range of domains. From legacy to modern system architectures, you have delivered massive business results and are able to adapt to changing technology and effectively evaluate tradeoffs.
Work with a vast range of other technical topics, including backend development, DevOps, microservices, containers, mobile development, web development.
Focused on users: You always start with the needs of the user, whether they are Capital One consumers or internal engineers before architecting a solution.
Key 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.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree.
At least 9 years of experience in general software engineering and solution architecture.
At least 9 years of experience in enterprise architecture and design patterns.
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor's or Master’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
10+ years of experience in coding with commonly used languages like Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, Swift.
10+ years of experience in full lifecycle of system development, from conception through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment and production support.
5+ years of experience with public or private cloud technologies.
Capital One will consider sponsoring a qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.
Salaries Remote (Regardless of location): $280,600 - $320,200 for Sr Distinguished Engineer.
Chicago, IL: $280,600 - $320,200 for Sr Distinguished Engineer.
McLean, VA: $308,700 - $352,300 for Sr Distinguished Engineer.
Other locations: salary as per location.
Benefits Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well‑being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part‑time status, exempt or non‑exempt status, and management level.
Additional Information Applicants should apply within 5 business days. No agencies. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non‑discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug‑free workplace. Capital One will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with applicable laws.
If you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1‑800‑304‑9102 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@capitalone.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and used only as required.
For technical support or questions about the recruiting process, please send an email to Careers@capitalone.com.
Capital One does not provide, endorse or guarantee third‑party products, services, educational tools or other information available through this site.
Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).
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As a Sr. Distinguished Engineer at Capital One, you will be part of a community of technical experts working to define the future of banking in the cloud. The Senior Distinguished Engineer will operate end to end to enable Capital One credit cards on the next generation credit card processing system. You will play a key role in designing and implementing solutions and platforms that power our business from credit card issuance to settlements. You will help drive innovation and shape the future of credit card processing and unlock value for Capital One customers.
You will work alongside our talented team of developers, machine learning experts, product managers and people leaders. Our Distinguished Engineers are leading experts in their domains, helping devise practical and reusable solutions to complex problems. At Capital One, we believe diversity of thought strengthens our ability to influence, collaborate and provide the most innovative solutions across organizational boundaries. You will promote a culture of engineering excellence and create an inclusive environment where the ideas of others can be heard and championed. You will lead the way in creating next‑generation talent for Capital One Tech, mentoring internal talent and actively recruiting to keep building our community.
Distinguished Engineers are expected to lead through technical contribution. You will operate as a trusted advisor for key technologies, platforms and capability domains, creating clear and concise communications, code samples, blog posts and other material to share knowledge inside and outside the organization. You will specialize in a particular subject area, but your input and impact will be sought and expected throughout the organization.
You are:
A Technical Leader: You have a record of taking a strategic and systematic approach to challenging technical problems and seeing them to completion. Your technical expertise often influences product direction. You foster a culture of technical excellence and help other engineers grow.
Distributed systems expert: Building, scaling, and modernizing business critical applications across a wide range of domains. From legacy to modern system architectures, you have delivered massive business results and are able to adapt to changing technology and effectively evaluate tradeoffs.
Work with a vast range of other technical topics, including backend development, DevOps, microservices, containers, mobile development, web development.
Focused on users: You always start with the needs of the user, whether they are Capital One consumers or internal engineers before architecting a solution.
Key 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.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree.
At least 9 years of experience in general software engineering and solution architecture.
At least 9 years of experience in enterprise architecture and design patterns.
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor's or Master’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
10+ years of experience in coding with commonly used languages like Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, Swift.
10+ years of experience in full lifecycle of system development, from conception through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment and production support.
5+ years of experience with public or private cloud technologies.
Capital One will consider sponsoring a qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.
Salaries Remote (Regardless of location): $280,600 - $320,200 for Sr Distinguished Engineer.
Chicago, IL: $280,600 - $320,200 for Sr Distinguished Engineer.
McLean, VA: $308,700 - $352,300 for Sr Distinguished Engineer.
Other locations: salary as per location.
Benefits Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well‑being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part‑time status, exempt or non‑exempt status, and management level.
Additional Information Applicants should apply within 5 business days. No agencies. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non‑discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug‑free workplace. Capital One will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with applicable laws.
If you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1‑800‑304‑9102 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@capitalone.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and used only as required.
For technical support or questions about the recruiting process, please send an email to Careers@capitalone.com.
Capital One does not provide, endorse or guarantee third‑party products, services, educational tools or other information available through this site.
Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).
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