Distinguished Engineer (Remote - Eligible)

About the role

The role is part of the Risk Technology organization, providing foundational technology to ensure Capital One thrives in an uncertain world. Key responsibilities include articulating a bold technical vision for integrating AI and automated code transformation into the developer lifecycle, decomposing complex problems, ensuring technical quality, serving as an expert on system characteristics, continuing to learn and share advanced knowledge, managing multiple projects, acting as a mentor, ensuring high-quality code, and developing full-stack applications.

Responsibilities

• Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for embedding AI and automated code transformation into the developer lifecycle
• 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 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
• Ensure Code is of the highest quality & standard while being an active contributor and reviewer on critical repos of the application
• Develop full stack applications with a product engineering mindset, spanning frontend and backend ecosystems that balance simplicity with flexibility

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 7 years of experience in Software engineering and solution architecture
• At least 7 years of experience in Enterprise architecture and design patterns
• At least 5 years of experience in Cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
• At least 5 years of experience in Data architecture including Event Driven and Real-Time architectures
• Bachelors' or Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field
• 10+ years of professional experience coding in commonly used languages like Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript
• Deep understanding of the SDLC and systems design that accounts for highly reliable systems and highly maintainable systems
• Experience leading teams to improve their testing and deployment processes, and experience enhancing data products to CI/CD standards
• Experience in applying Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learning concepts to engineering challenges (e.g., anomaly detection, test optimization, intelligent testing)
• Deep practical knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, chaos engineering, and advanced Observability tooling (e.g., OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Tracing)

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 7 years of experience in Software engineering and solution architecture
• At least 7 years of experience in Enterprise architecture and design patterns
• At least 5 years of experience in Cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
• At least 5 years of experience in Data architecture including Event Driven and Real-Time architectures
• Bachelors' or Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field
• 10+ years of professional experience coding in commonly used languages like Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript
• Deep understanding of the SDLC and systems design that accounts for highly reliable systems and highly maintainable systems
• Experience leading teams to improve their testing and deployment processes, and experience enhancing data products to CI/CD standards
• Experience in applying Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learning concepts to engineering challenges (e.g., anomaly detection, test optimization, intelligent testing)
• Deep practical knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, chaos engineering, and advanced Observability tooling (e.g., OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Tracing)

Skills

• Skills

Skills:

• Skills

Benefits

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial, and other benefits that support your total well-being.

Pay

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

Remote (Regardless of Location): $244,700 - $279,200 for Distinguished Engineer

Schedule

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.

Application Instructions

No agencies please.

Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

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