Distinguished Engineer - Software Engineering

About the role

Distinguished Engineer at Capital One is a role that involves leading technical experts in defining the future of banking in the cloud. This role includes working with diverse teams to develop real-time and intelligent finance solutions through an AI-powered platform for end-to-end business process automation.

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
• Be hands-on and at the forefront of high-order problems such as multi-tenancy, right-time insights, centralized anomaly detection and action, and agentic patterns for Finance business orchestration
• Mentor and upskill the senior engineering talent within the organization, fostering a culture of technical excellence and innovation, and ensuring our innovation is not just fast, but scalable and resilient

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 7 years of experience in - General software - Software engineering and solution architecture
• Enterprise architecture and design patterns
• Software specializations - Web technologies (Javascript, TypeScript and SPA frameworks)
• Full ML development lifecycle using AI and ML frameworks
• Other specializations - Cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
• Data architecture

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 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.
• Experience in implementing Artificial Intelligence or Artificial Intelligence-enabled solutions.

Skills

• Technical leadership and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Knowledge of cloud computing and AI/ML frameworks
• Experience in mentoring and upskilling junior engineers

Benefits

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

• Health insurance
• Retirement plans
• Flexible spending accounts
• Employee assistance programs
• Professional development opportunities

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.

• Cambridge, MA: $269,100 - $307,200 for Distinguished Engineer

Schedule

This role is full-time.