Distinguished Engineer

Capital One Financial

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Work type: On-site
Location: McLean, VASan Francisco, CARichmond, VA
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 167 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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About Capital One Financial

Capital One Financial is a bank holding company specializing in credit cards, auto loans, banking, and savings products, known for its data-driven approach to consumer and commercial finance. Industry: Financial Services & Banking

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JOB TITLE: Distinguished Engineer As a Distinguished Engineer, you will join a community of technical experts to define the future of banking in the cloud. Working with developers, machine learning experts, and product managers, you will lead the evolution of People Tech from domain-centric development to a system-driven model. You will architect high-scale, reusable capabilities, ensuring engineering excellence through standardized execution, reliability, and observability. Your daily work involves decomposing complex problems into practical solutions, mentoring talent, and evangelizing a technical vision for autonomous operations. You must possess expertise in software engineering, solution architecture, enterprise design patterns, and distributed AI and ML systems. Required technical skills include cloud computing across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, along with professional coding experience in Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Swift.

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Skills

AWS Microsoft Azure Google Cloud Java Python Go JavaScript TypeScript Swift Machine Learning Platform Engineering Enterprise Architecture Observability Cloud Computing

What you'll do

Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your specific domain.
Decompose complex problems into practical, operational, and reusable solutions.
Architect high-scale, reusable capabilities that enable consistent execution across different domains.
Lead the transition from application-centric development to a system-driven, platform-enabled delivery model.
Establish and enforce engineering standards for reliability, scalability, performance, and observability.
Translate complex business intent into scalable, shared system logic in partnership with Product teams.
Mentor and coach the engineering community to strengthen technical expertise and know-how.
Create and share technical communications, code samples, and blog posts to spread knowledge.

What we're looking for

At least 7 years of experience in Software engineering and solution architecture.
At least 7 years of experience in Enterprise architecture and design patterns.
At least 7 years of experience in designing and building distributed AI and ML systems.
At least 7 years of experience in Cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud).
Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field (preferred).
10+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, or architecture (preferred).
10+ years of professional experience coding in languages like Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Swift (preferred).

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