Sr. Distinguished Engineer - Card Architecture

$321,500 - $366,900/Yr

Capital One - New York, NY

Full-time - Senior

New York, NY

Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

About the position

As a Sr. 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 driving innovation, optimizing business outcomes, and providing strong technology solutions while promoting a culture of engineering excellence. You will lead through technical contributions, serve as a trusted advisor, and mentor internal talent, all while specializing in solution architecture for cloud-native 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
• Provide architectural guidance and designs for large scale cross-domain programs

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• At least 9 years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture
• At least 9 years of experience in enterprise architecture and design patterns
• At least 3 years of experience with public or private cloud technologies

Nice-to-haves

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field
• 10+ years of experience in Cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
• 10+ years of experience coding in at least one of the following: Java, Python, Go, JavaScript, TypeScript, Swift
• 10+ years of professional experience in the full lifecycle of system development, from conception through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment and production support

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits
• Financial benefits including performance-based incentives
• Inclusive work environment
• Opportunities for professional development