Senior Staff Engineer, Global Payment Network

Capital One Financial

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Work type: Remote
Location: Chicago, ILDallas, TXMcLean, VARichmond, VARiverwoods, IL
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 61 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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 · Senior Staff Engineer, Global Payment Network

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The Sr. Staff Engineer - Global Payment Network joins a community of technical experts to define the future of payments in the cloud. Working within the Global Payment Network technology organization, you will lead the design and operation of mission-critical systems powering complex domestic and international money movement. You will build high-volume, low-latency, and resilient distributed ecosystems while solving problems in high-throughput transaction processing and fraud mitigation. Key responsibilities include articulating technical visions, mentoring talent, and accelerating the use of agentic AI to modernize systems. You must possess expertise in public cloud technologies and distributed systems design. Required skills include proficiency in languages such as Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Swift, alongside experience with payments standards like PCI-DSS to ensure secure and performant global financial infrastructure.

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Skills

Java Python Go JavaScript TypeScript Swift Distributed Systems Public Cloud AI Machine Learning PCI-DSS Systems Design Automation

What you'll do

Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision across multiple domains and mission-critical platforms.
Propose practical solutions to complex problems that deliver high performance and reliability.
Partner with executive leaders to set the direction for strategic investments and technical decisions.
Accelerate the use of agentic AI to deliver modernized systems and reusable patterns.
Elevate technical design quality by identifying and removing technical debt from systems.
Serve as an authoritative expert on performance, reliability, scalability, and operability.
Mentor individuals and coach organizations to elevate technical acumen across engineering and product groups.

What we're looking for

At least 9 years of experience in software engineering.
At least 7 years of experience designing distributed systems.
At least 7 years of experience with public cloud technologies.
Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field (preferred).
12+ years of experience in Software Engineering and Systems Design (preferred).
10+ years of professional experience coding in commonly used languages (preferred).
10+ years of professional experience in the full lifecycle of system development (preferred).
7+ years of experience with systems meeting high performance and resiliency requirements (preferred).
8+ years of experience with public or private cloud technologies (preferred).
Experience with payments, money movement, and related standards (preferred).
Experience leveraging interactive AI tooling to accelerate productivity (preferred).

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