Senior Staff Cloud Engineer, Cloud Strategy & Innovation
Capital One Financial
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This role pays more than 99% of similar roles. Most pay $159,976–$236,840 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $288k versus about $198k for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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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 2229 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $197,300–$225,100 across 1126 roles with salary data.
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The Staff Cloud Engineer joins a collaborative team to drive a major cloud infrastructure transformation. This role involves articulating a bold technical vision, decomposing complex problems into operational solutions, and ensuring the quality of technical designs. You will lead the modernization of monolithic systems into microservice architectures and event-driven platforms while mentoring engineers and influencing long-term platform strategy. Key responsibilities include managing cross-divisional projects, defining API standards, and adopting agentic AI coding tools to improve scalability and reliability. The position requires proficiency in Java, Scala, Python, Go, or Node.js, along with experience in AWS, GCP, Azure, or OCI. You must demonstrate expertise in CI/CD orchestration, Infrastructure-as-Code frameworks like Terraform or Pulumi, and Automated Governance using Policy-as-Code DSLs like OPA.
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Median $142450 from 46 postings across 13 companies.
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