Distinguished Engineer - Autonomous Deployments

As a Distinguished Engineer at Capital One, you will be part of a community of technical experts shaping 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. Your role will drive innovation at multiple levels, optimizing business outcomes while advancing strong technology solutions.

Capital One values diversity of thought, which strengthens our ability to influence, collaborate, and deliver innovative solutions across organizational boundaries. You will promote a culture of engineering excellence, balancing technical leadership with an inclusive environment where diverse ideas are heard and championed. You will also lead the development of next-generation talent at Capital One Tech through mentorship and active recruitment.

Distinguished Engineers are expected to lead through technical contribution. You will serve as a trusted advisor for key technologies, platforms, and capability domains, creating clear communications, code samples, blog posts, and other materials to share knowledge both inside and outside the organization. While you will specialize in a particular subject area, your input and impact will be sought and expected across the organization.

About the Team

As a Distinguished Engineer in Capital One’s Developer Platforms organization, you will lead the technical vision for transforming the software delivery value chain and lifecycle, with a focus on the enterprise Continuous Deployment (CD) charter. You will leverage cutting-edge technology to accelerate the delivery of high-quality software, operating as a trusted domain advisor and resilient builder. Your work will drive innovation across organizational boundaries to define the future of delivering quality software at scale and speed within a regulated ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Architectural Vision & Strategy: Steward the technical strategy for the software delivery ecosystem (serving thousands of developers), 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 AI/ML Enablement: Lead the transformation of the software delivery value chain using AI/ML capabilities such as intelligent automation, predictive testing, deployment risk assessment, and operations.
• Platform Leadership: Lead the architectural vision by abstracting complexity and driving the creation of "paved roads" that enable teams to move quickly.
• 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: Partner with engineering and business leaders across lines of business to accelerate 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, working closely with key stakeholders such as internal risk partners and federal regulators.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• At least 7 years of experience in software engineering
• At least 5 years of experience with public cloud technologies

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or Statistics
• 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 of experience designing and building enterprise platform solutions
• 5+ years of experience with Agile software development
• 4+ years of experience with AWS
• 3+ years of experience defining software design, architecture, and engineering practices
• AWS Certifications

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

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based on the agreed-upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

• Chicago, IL: $244,700 - $279,200
• 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

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered will be reflected in the candidate’s offer letter. This role is also eligible to earn 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.