Sr. Distinguished Engineer, Front End (Angular)
About the role
The role of a Sr. Distinguished Engineer at Capital One involves leading the technical vision for Capital One's web platform ecosystem. This includes defining and driving the technical vision, leading architectural decisions for large-scale platform integrations and migrations, establishing AI-native development standards and practices, and driving measurable improvement in developer experience and platform NPS.
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, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community
- Define and drive the technical vision for Capital One’s web platform domain, spanning authenticated servicing, marketing/acquisition, and design system capabilities
- Lead architectural decisions for large-scale platform integrations and migrations, ensuring long-term platform health while meeting delivery commitments
- Establish AI-native development standards and practices for web platforms, including agentic tooling, machine-consumable architecture, and AI-assisted delivery workflows
- Drive measurable improvement in developer experience and platform NPS across enterprise inner source contributors
- Partner with product, design, and engineering leadership to align technical strategy with business priorities across lines of business
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree
- At least 9 years of experience in Enterprise architecture and design patterns on front end technologies - Angular, React
- At least 9 years of Software engineering and solution architecture and Software specializations
- At least 7 years of experience in Cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
- At least 7 years of experience in Web technologies (Javascript, TypeScript and SPA frameworks)
- Full ML development lifecycle using AI and ML frameworks
- Designing and building distributed HPC and ML systems
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture
- 10+ years of professional experience coding in commonly used languages like Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, Swift, etc.
- 10+ years of professional experience in the full lifecycle of system development, from conception through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment and production support
- Experience leading technical strategy for large-scale web platforms serving millions of users
- Deep expertise in modern web frameworks (React, Angular), design systems, web performance, and accessibility
- Experience defining and driving engineering standards across distributed, inner source contributor models
- Familiarity with AI-native development patterns, agentic tooling, or ML-assisted software delivery
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree
- At least 9 years of experience in Enterprise architecture and design patterns on front end technologies - Angular, React
- At least 9 years of Software engineering and solution architecture and Software specializations
- At least 7 years of experience in Cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
- At least 7 years of experience in Web technologies (Javascript, TypeScript and SPA frameworks)
- Full ML development lifecycle using AI and ML frameworks
- Designing and building distributed HPC and ML systems
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture
- 10+ years of professional experience coding in commonly used languages like Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, Swift, etc.
- 10+ years of professional experience in the full lifecycle of system development, from conception through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment and production support
- Experience leading technical strategy for large-scale web platforms serving millions of users
- Deep expertise in modern web frameworks (React, Angular), design systems, web performance, and accessibility
- Experience defining and driving engineering standards across distributed, inner source contributor models
- Familiarity with AI-native development patterns, agentic tooling, or ML-assisted software delivery
Skills
- Bachelor’s Degree
- At least 9 years of experience in Enterprise architecture and design patterns on front end technologies - Angular, React
- At least 9 years of Software engineering and solution architecture and Software specializations
- At least 7 years of experience in Cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
- At least 7 years of experience in Web technologies (Javascript, TypeScript and SPA frameworks)
- Full ML development lifecycle using AI and ML frameworks
- Designing and building distributed HPC and ML systems
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture
- 10+ years of professional experience coding in commonly used languages like Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, Swift, etc.
- 10+ years of professional experience in the full lifecycle of system development, from conception through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment and production support
- Experience leading technical strategy for large-scale web platforms serving millions of users
- Deep expertise in modern web frameworks (React, Angular), design systems, web performance, and accessibility
- Experience defining and driving engineering standards across distributed, inner source contributor models
- Familiarity with AI-native development patterns, agentic tooling, or ML-assisted software delivery
Benefits
Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. These benefits may include:
- Health insurance
- Retirement plans
- Flexible spending accounts
- Employee assistance programs
- Professional development opportunities
- Wellness programs
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.
- McLean, VA: $314,800 - $359,300 for Sr Distinguished Engineer
Schedule
This role is full-time.
Contact Information
To apply for this position, please visit our careers website. For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email to Careers@capitalone.com. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1-800-304-9102 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@capitalone.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.
Note: This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.
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.
If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1-800-304-9102 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@capitalone.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.
For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email to Careers@capitalone.com.
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