Distinguished Engineer

About the role

As a 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. You will collaborate with developers, machine learning experts, product managers, and people leaders to devise practical and reusable solutions to complex problems. This role drives innovation at multiple levels, optimizing business outcomes while advancing strong technology solutions. You will promote a culture of engineering excellence, balancing expertise with inclusivity to champion diverse ideas.

Distinguished Engineers lead through technical contribution, serving as trusted advisors for key technologies, platforms, and capability domains. You will create clear communications, code samples, blog posts, and other materials to share knowledge internally and externally. While specializing in a subject area, your input and impact will be sought across 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, coaching and strengthening the technical expertise of our engineering and product teams
• Lead the creation of next-generation talent for Capital One Tech through mentorship and active recruiting

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 7 years of experience in general software engineering and solution architecture
• At least 5 years of proven track record shipping large-scale platforms in the cloud
• At least 3 years of hands-on experience with LLM systems, including RAG/embeddings, prompt/plan tooling, and model governance

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
• 8+ years of experience with Networking (BGP, Wi-Fi, SD-WAN, Cloud Networking, and Data Center Networking)
• Experience leveraging interactive AI tooling to accelerate productivity, utilizing capabilities beyond basic code completion

Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

Pay

The annual salary ranges for this role by location are as follows:

• Cambridge, MA: $269,100 - $307,200
• McLean, VA: $269,100 - $307,200
• New York, NY: $293,600 - $335,100
• Plano, TX: $244,700 - $279,200
• Richmond, VA: $244,700 - $279,200
• San Francisco, CA: $293,600 - $335,100
• San Jose, CA: $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 for performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonuses and/or long-term incentives (LTI).

Benefits

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial, and other benefits that support your total well-being. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website.