Staff Engineer - Software Engineering

Capital One Financial

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Work type: On-site
Location: McLean, VANew York, NYCambridge, MA
Salary: $269,100–$307,200 / yr
Posted: 14 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $208k

This role $288k

$143k most similar roles pay here $325k

This role pays more than 98% of similar roles. Most pay $176,900–$239,125 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $288k versus about $208k 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 998 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $197,300–$225,100 across 992 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Engineer - Software Engineering

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Staff Engineer - Software Engineering serves as a technical expert within a team of developers and machine learning experts focused on building an AI-powered platform for end-to-end business process automation. This role involves defining a bold technical vision, decomposing complex problems into practical solutions, and ensuring the quality of technical designs regarding performance, scalability, and operability. The individual will work on high-order challenges such as multi-tenancy, real-time insights, and agentic patterns for finance business orchestration to provide workflow observability and natural language data interactions. Required skills include experience in software engineering, solution architecture, and web technologies like JavaScript and TypeScript. Candidates should possess expertise in the full ML development lifecycle using AI frameworks, cloud computing across AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud, and data architecture while mentoring senior talent to foster a culture of technical excellence.

What does a Engineer earn?

Median $185000 from 249 postings across 48 companies.

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Skills

AI Machine Learning Python Java Go JavaScript TypeScript Swift AWS Microsoft Azure Google Cloud Cloud Computing Data Architecture SPA Frameworks Web Technologies Agentic Patterns Scalability Multi-tenancy

What you'll do

Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your specific domain.
Decompose complex problems into practical, operational solutions while ensuring high quality in design and implementation.
Serve as an authoritative expert on non-functional system characteristics like performance, scalability, and operability.
Solve high-order technical problems including multi-tenancy, real-time insights, and agentic patterns for finance orchestration.
Mentor and upskill senior engineering talent to foster a culture of technical excellence.
Create technical content such as code samples and blog posts to share knowledge internally and externally.
Act as a strategist defining modern technologies to solve complex problems for stakeholders.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
At least 7 years of experience in general software engineering and solution architecture.
10+ years of professional experience coding in languages like Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Swift.
8+ years of professional experience in the full lifecycle of system development from conception through production support.
3+ years of experience with public or private cloud technologies.
Expertise in web technologies including JavaScript, TypeScript, and SPA frameworks.
Experience in the full ML development lifecycle using AI and ML frameworks.
Proficiency in data architecture and cloud computing across AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud.

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