Distinguished Engineer (Card Tech)

Capital One Financial

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Mclean, Va, US Posted 118 days ago $244,700–$279,200 / year
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TL;DR

As a Distinguished Engineer on the Card Tech team, you will lead the architectural design and technical strategy of critical systems that power credit card core functionalities. Your day-to-day responsibilities include building highly secure and scalable platforms, designing high-throughput services to handle millions of concurrent requests, and enhancing observability frameworks for rapid issue resolution. You will also provide organizational leadership by mentoring engineers and driving cross-functional collaboration across the company. The role requires expertise in developing large-scale distributed systems, experience with cloud computing platforms like AWS or Azure, and proficiency in languages such as Java, Python, or Go. This position is integral to a platform transformation aimed at migrating legacy systems to a modern technology stack for enhanced security and performance.

Skills

AWS Azure Google Cloud Java Python Go Docker Kubernetes Terraform CI/CD PostgreSQL Redis Observability Monitoring Prometheus Grafana

What you'll do

  • Define and drive the technical strategy and roadmap for Credit Card Core systems.
  • Architect highly secure and scalable systems enabling server-driven product experiences.
  • Design high-throughput, low-latency services handling millions of concurrent requests.
  • Build enhanced observability and monitoring frameworks for rapid issue resolution.
  • Provide organizational technical leadership to influence architecture and engineering standards.
  • Mentor engineers and drive organization-wide platform innovation.

What we're looking for

  • At least 5 years of experience developing large-scale distributed systems.
  • Extensive cloud computing expertise with AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud.
  • Over 10 years of professional coding experience in Java, Python, or Go.
  • Proven leadership in driving technical strategy and fostering cross-functional collaboration.
  • Ability to architect highly secure and scalable systems for millions of concurrent requests.
  • Design high-throughput, low-latency services with enhanced observability frameworks.

Market check

Salary context

This $244,700–$279,200 range sits above 88% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$136,000–$221,800

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$139,075–$225,000

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

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 489 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $197,300–$225,100 across 483 roles with salary data.

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