Distinguished Engineer - Consumer Data

Capital One - McLean, VA

Full-time - Senior

McLean, VA

Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

About the position

As a Distinguished Engineer at Capital One, you will be part of a community of technical experts focused on defining the future of banking in the cloud. This role involves collaborating with developers, machine learning experts, product managers, and leaders to drive innovation and optimize business outcomes through strong technology solutions. You will promote a culture of engineering excellence, mentor internal talent, and actively recruit to build a robust community. Your expertise will be sought across the organization, and you will serve as a trusted advisor on key technologies and platforms.

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

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• At least 7 years of experience in Software engineering and solution architecture
• At least 3 years of experience with public cloud technologies

Nice-to-haves

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field
• 10+ years of experience in software development
• 7+ years experience designing and building enterprise platform solutions
• 5+ years of experience with Agile software development

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits
• Financial benefits
• Inclusive benefits supporting total well-being