Senior Staff Software Engineer, Resilience Engineering

Capital One Financial

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Work type: On-site
Location: Richmond, VAPlano, TXMcLean, VA
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 49 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, Resilience Engineering

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JOB TITLE: Sr. Staff Software Engineer (Resilience Engineering) As a Sr. Staff Software Engineer (Resilience Engineering), you will join a community of technical experts to safeguard enterprise critical platforms. You will serve as a technical authority, providing architectural vision and leading cross-functional teams during high-severity technology incidents to minimize downtime. Your daily responsibilities include spearheading systemic root cause analyses, defining enterprise-wide standards for observability, disaster recovery, and chaos engineering, and mentoring engineering teams. You will decompose complex problems into practical solutions while ensuring the quality of technical designs. The role requires extensive experience in software engineering, solution architecture, and enterprise design patterns. You must possess deep expertise in cloud computing across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, along with professional coding experience in languages such as Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Swift.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Virginia?

Median $165000 from 125 postings across 23 companies.

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Skills

AWS Microsoft Azure Google Cloud Java Python Go JavaScript TypeScript Swift Chaos Engineering Observability Disaster Recovery Solution Architecture Enterprise Architecture

What you'll do

Lead cross-functional teams during critical outages to minimize system downtime.
Spearhead systemic root cause analyses to permanently resolve underlying architectural weaknesses.
Define and champion enterprise-wide standards for observability, disaster recovery, and chaos engineering.
Decompose complex problems into practical, operational solutions and technical designs.
Serve as the authoritative expert on non-functional system characteristics like performance and scalability.
Mentor engineering teams to strengthen technical expertise and operational maturity.
Create and share technical communications, code samples, and blog posts to share knowledge.

What we're looking for

At least 9 years of experience in Software engineering and solution architecture.
At least 9 years of experience in Enterprise architecture and design patterns.
At least 9 years of experience in Cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud).
Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field (preferred).
10+ years of experience in Software engineering and solution architecture (preferred).
10+ years of experience in Cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud) (preferred).
10+ years of professional experience coding in languages like Java, Python, Go, or JavaScript/TypeScript (preferred).

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