Senior Distinguished Engineer

Capital One is looking for a motivated and high performing Sr. Distinguished Engineer to modernize the  financial core that powers the Card business.  Capital One is one of the largest companies to completely migrate to the public cloud.  As part of the Card Core Architecture team, you will have the opportunity to architect a platform that unleashes  innovation through event sourced, real time data operations and analytics, and powers the largest business at Capital One.

Sr. Distinguished Engineers are individual contributors who strive to be diverse in thought so we visualize the problem space. At Capital One, we believe diversity of thought strengthens our ability to influence, collaborate and provide the most innovative solutions across organizational boundaries. Sr. Distinguished Engineers will significantly impact our trajectory and devise clear roadmaps to deliver next generation technology solutions.

• Deep technical experts and thought leaders that help accelerate adoption of the very best engineering practices, while maintaining knowledge on industry innovations, trends and practices
• Visionaries, collaborating on Capital One’s toughest issues, to deliver on business needs that directly impact the lives of our customers and associates
• Role models and mentors, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community
• Evangelists, both internally and externally, helping to elevate the Distinguished Engineering community and establish themselves as a go-to resource on given technologies and technology-enabled capabilities

Senior Distinguished Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Build awareness, increase knowledge and drive adoption of modern technologies, sharing consumer and engineering benefits to gain buy-in
• Strike the right balance between lending expertise and providing an inclusive environment where others’ ideas can be heard and championed; leverage expertise to grow skills in the broader Capital One team
• Promote a culture of engineering excellence, using opportunities to reuse and innersource solutions where possible
• Effectively communicate with and influence key stakeholders across the enterprise, at all levels of the organization
• Operate as a trusted advisor for a specific technology, platform or capability domain, helping to shape use cases and implementation in an unified manner
• Lead the way in creating next-generation talent for Tech, mentoring internal talent and actively recruiting external talent to bolster Capital One’s Tech talent
• Leading complex projects with significant bottom-line impact

Senior Distinguished Engineer

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 9 years software engineering experience
• At least 5 years public cloud technologies experience

Senior Distinguished Engineer

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters’ Degree
• 12+ years of experience in software engineering or solution architecture
• 9+ years of experience designing and building enterprise platforms
• 3+ years of experience with AWS

Senior Distinguished Engineer

Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.

No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), race, color, age, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender reassignment, citizenship, immigration status, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under applicable federal, state or local law.

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.