Distinguished Engineer - Enterprise Search and Knowledge Management

$274,800 - $313,600/Yr

Capital One - New York, NY

Full-time - Senior

New York, NY

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 working with a talented team to drive innovation, optimize business outcomes, and provide deep technical expertise in Enterprise Search and Knowledge Management. You will lead through technical contributions, serve as a trusted advisor, and mentor engineers and product teams, specializing in integrating third-party platforms and designing large-scale migrations into the Google Platform.

Responsibilities

• Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for Enterprise Search and Knowledge Management
• Architect and design an advanced enterprise search system leveraging AI and Machine Learning
• Lead the development and integration of generative AI technologies into the 3rd Party Product Suite
• Collaborate with product management, Architecture, and Engineering teams to define and implement data-driven strategic roadmaps
• Provide technical leadership to platform engineers, product managers, and stakeholders
• Provide strategic consultation on management and application deployment in Azure and GCP
• Ensure the quality of technical design and implementation
• Serve as an authoritative expert on non-functional system characteristics
• Continue learning and injecting advanced technical knowledge into the community
• Handle several projects simultaneously, balancing time to maximize impact
• Act as a role model and mentor within the tech community

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• At least 7 years of experience in software engineering
• At least 4 years of experience in Cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
• At least 2 years of experience with GCP Services, architecture, and management
• At least 3 years of experience with Enterprise Search systems
• At least 3 years of experience designing and implementing large-scale, distributed systems

Nice-to-haves

• Master's or PhD 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.
• 7+ years of experience in Software OR Platform engineering with a focus on search technologies
• 7+ years of contributions to open-source projects or research publications
• 5+ years of experience with Knowledge Graphs and semantic search technologies
• 5+ years of experience with Machine Learning (NLP)
• 5+ years of experience with patents or innovative solutions in search or data science fields
• 5+ years of experience with Information retrieval and text analytics

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits
• Financial benefits including performance-based incentives
• Inclusive workplace policies
• Support for total well-being