Staff Engineer, GPN Digital Payments Technology

Capital One Financial

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Work type: On-site
Location: Chicago, ILMcLean, VAPlano, TXRiverwoods, IL
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 61 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
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 · Staff Engineer, GPN Digital Payments Technology

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As a Staff Engineer - GPN Digital Payments Technology, you will join the Global Payment Network organization to build and operate mission-critical systems powering complex domestic and international money movement. You will work on a high-volume, low-latency distributed ecosystem, specifically focusing on a tokenization platform for secure commerce via ApplePay and GooglePay. Your daily responsibilities include decomposing complex problems into practical solutions, ensuring technical design quality, and serving as an authoritative expert on performance and scalability. You will utilize Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Swift within a 100% cloud-native environment. The role requires expertise in networking, including BGP and SD-WAN, while leveraging interactive AI tooling like Claude Code and Windsurf to accelerate the development lifecycle and modernize the digital payments platform.

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Skills

Java Python Go JavaScript TypeScript Swift Networking BGP SD-WAN Data Center Networking AI Tooling Claude Code Windsurf

What you'll do

Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your specific domain.
Decompose complex problems into practical and operational solutions.
Ensure the quality of technical design and implementation across projects.
Serve as an authoritative expert on performance, scalability, and operability.
Mentor and coach the engineering and product community to strengthen technical expertise.
Create and share code samples, blog posts, and other materials to share knowledge.
Manage multiple projects simultaneously to maximize technical impact.

What we're looking for

At least 7 years of experience in General software.
At least 7 years of experience in Software engineering and solution architecture.
Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field (preferred).
10+ years of professional experience coding in languages like Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Swift (preferred).
8+ years of professional experience in the full lifecycle of system development (preferred).
3+ years of experience with public or private cloud technologies (preferred).
8+ years of experience with Networking (BGP, Wi-Fi, SD-WAN, Cloud Networking and Data Center Networking) (preferred).
Experience leveraging interactive AI tooling to accelerate productivity (preferred).

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