Sr. Distinguished Engineer, Acquisitions Platform & SRE Foundations

Capital One Financial

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Work type
On-site
Location
McLean, VA
Salary
$286,200–$326,700 / yr
Posted
10 days ago

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Above market

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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 498 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $197,300–$225,100 across 495 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Sr. Distinguished Engineer, Acquisitions Platform & SRE Foundations

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As a Senior Distinguished Engineer at Capital One, you will lead the Card Acquisitions engineering organization, overseeing 300+ engineers and driving technical initiatives that enhance real-time credit decisioning and customer experience optimization. Your daily tasks include hands-on full-stack coding, setting an ambitious roadmap with product management, and owning the data ecosystem for analysts to deepen market understanding. You will also decommission legacy systems, establish a hybrid SRE function, and design solutions enabling non-technical contributors to deliver marketing experiments and credit offers. The role demands expertise in JavaScript, TypeScript, SPA frameworks, API design, microservices architecture, and experience leading large-scale engineering teams. This position focuses on scaling Capital One’s reach by leveraging GenAI tools and enhancing operational excellence across the acquisitions domain.

Skills

JavaScript TypeScript SPA frameworks API design Microservices architecture Distributed systems SRE CI/CD Python SQL Kubernetes Terraform AWS Prometheus Grafana Git Jenkins Docker PostgreSQL

What you'll do

  • Set and deliver the technical agenda for foundational platforms in credit decisioning.
  • Own the customer acquisitions data ecosystem to enhance credit decision modeling.
  • Lead multi-year strategy to decommission legacy systems and converge acquisitions stack.
  • Stand up and scale a hybrid SRE + Engineering Productivity function across Acquisitions org.
  • Design solutions enabling non-technical contributors to deliver marketing experiments and UI treatments.

What we're looking for

  • At least 9 years of experience in enterprise architecture and design patterns
  • Extensive hands-on coding experience with JavaScript, TypeScript, and SPA frameworks
  • Proven leadership in managing large-scale engineering teams (50+ engineers)
  • Deep expertise in API design, microservices architecture, and platform evolution
  • Experience founding or leading SRE functions and reliability engineering initiatives
  • Demonstrated ability to partner with product management on strategic product development

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