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
Salary: $286,200–$326,700 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 4 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $217k

This role $306k

$153k most similar roles pay here $345k

This role pays more than 98% of similar roles. Most pay $185,616–$249,062 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $306k versus about $217k 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 936 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $197,300–$225,100 across 933 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Staff Software Engineer, Card Tech

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Sr. Staff Software Engineer - Card Tech joins the Card Tech team as a technical expert and player-coach focused on redefining software development speed and quality. This role involves developing production-ready code, mentoring engineers to become AI-native builders, and driving the modernization of monolithic systems into microservice architectures and event-driven platforms. The individual will serve as a trusted advisor on non-functional system characteristics like performance and scalability while establishing API standards and technical specifications. Key technologies and skills include cloud computing across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud; data architecture; and programming in Go, Java, Python, Rust, C#, or Scala. The role specifically leverages agentic AI coding tools to solve systemic development challenges within the banking domain, ensuring that all AI-generated outputs remain secure, scalable, and high-quality while bridging the gap between intent and execution.

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Skills

AWS Microsoft Azure Google Cloud Python Go Java JavaScript TypeScript Rust C# Scala Machine Learning HPC Distributed Systems

What you'll do

Develop production-ready code while mentoring teams to become elite AI-native builders.
Decompose complex problems into practical, operational solutions and high-quality technical designs.
Act as a subject matter expert on non-functional requirements like performance, scalability, and operability.
Drive the modernization of monolithic systems into microservice architectures and event-driven platforms.
Define long-term platform strategies, API standards, and cross-divisional technical best practices.
Leverage agentic AI coding tools to ensure high-quality, secure, and scalable software output.
Create technical documentation, code samples, and blog posts to share knowledge across the organization.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
At least 9 years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, enterprise architecture, cloud computing, and data architecture.
Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering (preferred).
12+ years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, enterprise architecture, cloud computing, and data architecture (preferred).
12+ years of professional experience coding in languages such as Go, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Rust, C#, or Scala (preferred).
10+ years of experience with database and database management systems (preferred).
12+ years of experience in the full lifecycle of system development (preferred).
Expertise in the strategic application of agentic AI coding tools to solve systemic development challenges (preferred).

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