Senior Staff Software Engineer, Card Tech

Capital One Financial

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Work type: On-site
Location: San Francisco, CAMcLean, VARichmond, VAChicago, ILNew York, NY
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 56 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 Software Engineer, Card Tech

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The Sr. Staff Software Engineer - Card Tech joins the Card Tech team to redefine software development speed and quality. Operating as a player-coach, you will ship production-ready code while mentoring a team to become elite AI-native builders. You will own the technical benchmark, utilizing agentic development tools and rigorous spec-driven design to solve complex problems with urgency. Key responsibilities include articulating a bold technical vision, decomposing complex problems into operational solutions, and ensuring non-functional system characteristics like scalability and performance. You must possess expertise in distributed systems, backend architecture, and API platforms. Required technologies include public cloud platforms, Docker, and Kubernetes. Preferred skills include Java, Python, Go, JavaScript, TypeScript, Swift, GraphQL, REST, gRPC, and experience with event-driven systems and federated BFF architectures.

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Skills

Java Python Go JavaScript TypeScript Swift AWS Azure GCP Kubernetes Docker GraphQL REST gRPC Event-Driven Systems Distributed Systems API Gateways Caching Streaming

What you'll do

Ship production-ready code in hours using agentic development tools and spec-driven design.
Decompose complex problems into practical, operational solutions and clear technical specifications.
Ensure the quality of technical designs and implementations for scalable, fault-tolerant services.
Serve as an authoritative expert on non-functional system characteristics like performance and operability.
Mentor engineering teams to become elite AI-native builders and high-leverage developers.
Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for the domain to the broader organization.
Create and share code samples, blog posts, and technical materials to spread knowledge.
Manage multiple projects simultaneously to maximize technical impact across the company.

What we're looking for

At least 9 years of experience in software engineering.
At least 9 years of experience designing distributed systems, backend architecture, and API platforms.
At least 9 years of experience with public cloud technologies.
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).
10+ years of experience in event-driven systems and architecting scalable, fault-tolerant, highly-available services (preferred).
10+ years of experience in building high-performance API platforms and federated BFF architectures (preferred).

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