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 a talented team of developers, machine learning experts, product managers, and people leaders. Distinguished Engineers are leading experts in their domains, helping devise practical and reusable solutions to complex problems. You will drive innovation at multiple levels, optimizing business outcomes while advancing strong technology solutions.
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, balancing expertise with an inclusive environment where others' ideas are heard and championed. You will also lead talent development, mentoring internal teams and actively recruiting to build our community.
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 both inside and outside the organization. While specializing in a subject area, your input and impact will be sought 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, coaching and strengthening the technical expertise of our engineering and product teams
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
- 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. The actual annualized salary offered will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter. This role is also eligible for performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonuses and/or long-term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non-discretionary depending on the plan.
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.