Distinguished Engineer

Capital One Financial

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Work type: On-site
Location: McLean, VASan Francisco, CARichmond, VA
Salary: $269,100–$307,200 / yr
Posted: 121 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $224k

This role $288k

$151k most similar roles pay here $324k

This role pays more than 81% of similar roles. Most pay $168,125–$280,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $288k versus about $224k for comparable roles.

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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

Capital One Financial currently has 998 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $197,300–$225,100 across 992 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Distinguished Engineer

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As a Distinguished Engineer, you will join a community of technical experts to define the future of banking in the cloud. You will work alongside developers, machine learning experts, and product managers to solve complex problems through practical, reusable solutions. Your daily responsibilities include articulating a bold technical vision for your domain, decomposing complex problems into operational solutions, and ensuring high-quality design and implementation. You will advocate for system-driven execution, moving the organization from manual workflows toward autonomous operations while building scalable, capability-based platforms. The role requires expertise in software engineering, solution architecture, distributed AI and ML systems, and cloud computing across AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud. You will also utilize languages such as Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Swift to drive engineering excellence and eliminate duplication within the People Tech domain.

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Median $208000 from 94 postings across 22 companies.

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Skills

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

What you'll do

Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your specific domain.
Decompose complex problems into practical, operational solutions while ensuring high quality of design and implementation.
Serve as an authoritative expert on non-functional system characteristics like performance, scalability, and operability.
Architect high-scale, reusable capabilities to enable consistent execution across different domains.
Lead the transition from application-centric development to a capability-based, platform-enabled delivery model.
Establish and enforce engineering standards for reliability, scalability, and observability across the organization.
Mentor and coach internal talent to strengthen the technical expertise of the engineering community.
Create technical content including code samples and blog posts to share knowledge internally and externally.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
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, or Google Cloud).
10+ years of professional experience coding in languages such as Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Swift.
8+ years of professional experience in the full lifecycle of system development from conception through production support.
8+ years of professional experience with public or private cloud technologies.

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