Senior Distinguished Engineer

Capital One Financial

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Work type: On-site
Location: McLean, VANew York, NYCambridge, MA
Salary: $314,800–$359,300 / yr
Posted: 80 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 $207k

This role $337k

$134k most similar roles pay here $383k

This role pays more than 94% of similar roles. Most pay $157,962–$256,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $337k versus about $207k 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 · Senior Distinguished Engineer

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Sr. Distinguished Engineer serves as a technical expert and strategist within a community of developers and machine learning experts to define the future of banking in the cloud. You will be responsible for decomposing complex problems into practical solutions, ensuring high-quality technical designs, and acting as an authoritative expert on non-functional system characteristics like performance and scalability. The role involves mentoring senior talent, creating code samples and blog posts, and solving high-order problems such as multi-tenancy and agentic patterns for finance business orchestration. You will work with an AI-powered platform to provide real-time workflow observability and natural language data interactions. Required skills include experience in software engineering, solution architecture, web technologies like JavaScript and TypeScript, the full ML development lifecycle using AI frameworks, cloud computing across AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud, and data architecture.

What does a Engineer earn?

Median $185000 from 249 postings across 48 companies.

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Skills

AI Machine Learning Python Java Go JavaScript TypeScript Swift AWS Microsoft Azure Google Cloud Data Architecture SPA Frameworks Cloud Computing

What you'll do

Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your specific domain.
Decompose complex problems into practical, operational solutions and ensure high-quality technical designs.
Serve as an authoritative expert on non-functional system characteristics like performance, scalability, and operability.
Solve high-order technical problems including multi-tenancy, real-time insights, and agentic patterns for finance orchestration.
Mentor and upskill senior engineering talent to foster a culture of technical excellence.
Create code samples, blog posts, and other materials to share knowledge internally and externally.
Act as a strategist defining which modern technologies will solve problems for stakeholders.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
At least 9 years of experience in general software engineering and solution architecture.
10+ years of professional experience coding in languages such as Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Swift.
10+ years of experience in the full lifecycle of system development from conception through production support.
Expertise in enterprise architecture, design patterns, and data architecture.
Experience with web technologies including JavaScript, TypeScript, and SPA frameworks.
Experience in the full ML development lifecycle using AI and ML frameworks.
Proficiency in cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud) and interactive AI tooling.

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