Director, Staff Engineer - Consumer Card Partnerships
About the role
As a Staff Engineer at Capital One, you will be part of a community of technical experts working to define the future of banking in the cloud. Our team serves as the technical visionary and strategic engine behind Capital One’s Partnership Card organization, driving world-class credit experiences for iconic brands like Kohl’s, Williams-Sonoma, and T-Mobile. We are committed to bringing a destination-technology mindset that balances bold innovation with architectural discipline to build systems that are resilient, scalable, and built to last. By accelerating the integration of cutting-edge AI-powered development, we empower engineers to automate complex workflows and deliver smarter, data-driven customer capabilities. Our mission is to bridge ambitious technology with tangible business growth, consistently enhancing the experience for customers and partners.
At Capital One, we believe diversity of thought strengthens our ability to influence, collaborate, and provide innovative solutions across organizational boundaries. You will promote a culture of engineering excellence and strike the right balance between lending expertise and providing 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.
Staff Engineers are expected to lead through technical contribution. You will operate as a trusted advisor for our key technologies, platforms, and capability domains, creating clear and concise communications, code samples, blog posts, and other material to share knowledge both 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.
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 7 years of experience in general software engineering and solution architecture
- At least 7 years of experience in enterprise architecture and design patterns
Preferred Qualifications
- 10+ years of professional experience coding in commonly used languages like Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, Swift, etc.
- 8+ years of professional experience in the full lifecycle of system development, from conception through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support
- 3+ years of experience with public or private cloud technologies
- Demonstrated experience driving AI-enabled engineering at scale, moving beyond basic tooling to architect workflows, shape adoption strategies, and unlock compounding productivity gains across engineering organizations
Pay
Full-time annual salaries for this role are as follows, by location:
- Chicago, IL: $244,700 – $279,200
- McLean, VA: $269,100 – $307,200
- New York, NY: $293,600 – $335,100
Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location. This role is also eligible to earn performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonuses and/or long-term incentives.