Senior Distinguished Software Engineer (Remote-Eligible)
Capital OneAbout the role
As a Sr. Distinguished Engineer at Capital One, you will be a part of a community of technical experts working to define the future of banking in the cloud.
Our Distinguished Engineering team architects the strategic modernization of core credit card platforms to ensure industry-leading architectural resilience and performance. This role involves working with partner teams to integrate new data into the decision making process in an ongoing effort to make the highest quality decisions possible. We simultaneously lead the technical orchestration and horizontal scaling required for the high-stakes integration of the Discover network into our cloud-native ecosystem. By synthesizing these complex transformations, we empower Capital One to operate at unprecedented vertical scale as a world-class network operator.
Distinguished Engineers are expected to lead through technical contribution. You will operate as a trusted advisor for our key technologies, platforms and capability domains, creating clear and concise communications, code samples, blog posts and other material to share knowledge both inside and outside the organization. You will specialize in a particular subject area, but your input and impact will be sought and expected throughout the organization.
If you are ready to provide thought leadership and build engineering excellence across Capital One's engineering teams, come join us in our mission to change banking for good.
Key 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
Capital One is open to hiring a Remote Employee for this opportunity.
Basic Qualifications:
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
Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field
10+ years of professional experience coding in commonly used languages like Java, Python, Go
10+ years of professional experience in the full lifecycle of system development, from conception through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment and production support
3+ years of experience with public or private cloud technologies
5+ years of experience architecting and leading the large-scale modernization of complex, legacy platforms into resilient, cloud-native environments.
5+ years of experience building high-performance distributed systems capable of seamless horizontal scaling to support massive transaction volumes and global-scale data throughput
Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.
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.
Remote (Regardless of Location): $286,200 - $326,700 for Sr Distinguished Engineer
Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected
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