Distinguished Software Engineer, Identity

Capital One Financial

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McLean, VAPlano, TXRichmond, VA
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Full-time
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61 days ago
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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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TL;DR · Distinguished Software Engineer, Identity

JOB TITLE: Distinguished Software Engineer - Identity As a Distinguished Engineer, you will join a community of technical experts to re-architect identity as a perimeter within a highly regulated financial environment. You will lead the transition from static access to a Just-In-Time ecosystem, designing an intelligent platform that evaluates real-time context including endpoint risk, network signals, and behavioral heuristics. Your responsibilities include architecting policy-as-code models, building developer-centric APIs, and decoupling legacy monoliths to create a Zero Trust architecture. You will utilize technologies such as Open Policy Agent, Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Swift. You must possess deep expertise in IAM, cloud technologies, and modernizing legacy systems. You will serve as a technical advisor, decomposing complex problems into scalable solutions while mentoring the engineering community on non-functional system characteristics.

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What you'll do

  • Architect the transition from permanent access to a Just-In-Time (JIT) model with zero standing privileges.
  • Design a centralized, policy-as-code authorization fabric that is agnostic of the underlying technology stack.
  • Build an intelligent platform that evaluates real-time telemetry like device posture and behavioral heuristics for access decisions.
  • Develop developer-centric APIs and self-service capabilities to enable an internal Identity-as-a-Service culture.
  • Ensure all identity systems meet stringent financial regulatory compliance and audit standards.
  • Decompose complex identity problems into practical, operational solutions while ensuring high performance and scalability.
  • Create technical documentation, code samples, and blog posts to share knowledge across the organization.
  • Mentor and coach the engineering community to strengthen technical expertise in identity and distributed systems.

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.
  • Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field (preferred).
  • 10+ years of professional experience coding in Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Swift (preferred).
  • 8+ years of professional experience in the full lifecycle of system development (preferred).
  • 3+ years of experience with public or private cloud technologies (preferred).
  • 1+ years of experience with IAM (preferred).
  • 3+ years of experience modernizing legacy systems (preferred).
  • 1+ years of experience with AI coding tools (preferred).

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