Distinguished Engineer - Autonomous Deployments

About the role

The role of a Distinguished Engineer at Capital One involves leading the technical vision for transforming the software delivery value chain, specifically focusing on the enterprise Continuous Deployment (CD) charter. This includes leveraging state-of-the-art technology to accelerate time to market of high-quality software.

Responsibilities

• Architectural Vision & Strategy: Steward the technical strategy for the software delivery ecosystem, focusing on continuous deployment and defining the technical vision for a modern, frictionless software delivery value chain.
• Transform How We Work and Deliver Software with AL/ML Enablement: Lead the transformation of the software delivery value chain, powered by AI/ML capabilities, intelligent automation, predictive testing, deployment risk assessment, and operations.
• Platform Leadership: Lead the architectural vision, abstracting away complexity, and driving the creation of "paved roads" that allow teams to move fast.
• Hands-on Contribution: Maintain a hands-on programming presence to prototype complex deployment architectures, validate architectural decisions, and build core foundational systems.
• Enterprise Alignment: Drive large-scale technical transformation and ensure consistency of solution architectures across complex enterprise domains for compliance, adoption, and value delivery.
• Partnership & Influence: As a technical leader in a horizontal enterprise organization, partner with engineering and business leaders across various Lines of Business to accelerate immediate improvements, define standards for software flow from commit to production, and serve as a subject matter expert for the enterprise.
• Technical Mentorship & Culture: Grow technical leaders by mentoring engineers, fostering a culture of engineering excellence, and actively recruiting talent while championing an inclusive environment.
• Risk & Measurement: Define metrics to measure and articulate company progress and work closely with key stakeholders such as internal risk partners and federal regulators.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 7 years of experience in software engineering
• At least 5 years of experience with public cloud technologies
• Masters’ Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or Statistics (preferred)
• Experience leading technical strategy for large-scale engineering organizations, with measurable improvements to developer productivity or delivery metrics
• Ability to build consensus and drive adoption of new technical standards across diverse engineering teams without relying on authority
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering or solution architecture
• 7+ years experience designing and building enterprise platform solutions
• 5+ years of experience with Agile software development
• 4+ years experience with AWS
• 3+ years of experience defining software design, architecture, and engineering practices
• AWS Certifications (preferred)