Staff Full-Stack Engineer

Capital One Financial

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Work type
On-site
Location
McLean, VARichmond, VAPlano, TXRiverwoods, IL
Salary
$269,100–$307,200 / yr
Posted
2 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $288k
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This role pays more than 99% of similar roles. Most pay $180,270–$214,500 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $288k versus about $197k 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 836 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $197,300–$225,100 across 829 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Staff Full-Stack Engineer

As a Staff Full-Stack Engineer within the Global Payment Network team, you will serve as a technical expert and trusted advisor focused on building mission-critical systems for complex money movement across domestic and international rails. You will decompose complex problems into practical solutions, drive the modernization of monolithic systems into microservice architectures and event-driven platforms, and establish API standards. Your daily work involves high-level technical contributions, mentoring engineers, and advocating for engineering excellence. The role requires proficiency in cloud computing across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, along with experience in data architecture, enterprise design patterns, and web technologies like JavaScript and TypeScript. You will also utilize languages such as Go, Java, Python, Rust, C#, or Scala to manage high-volume, low-latency distributed systems while ensuring performance, scalability, and security across the payment infrastructure.

What does a Full Stack Engineer earn in Virginia?

Median $211200 from 81 postings across 4 companies.

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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 of design and implementation.
  • Serve as an authoritative expert on non-functional system characteristics like performance, scalability, and operability.
  • Drive the modernization of monolithic systems into microservice architectures and event-driven platforms.
  • Collaborate with leadership to define long-term platform strategies and API standards.
  • Mentor engineers and coach the community to strengthen technical expertise and knowledge sharing.
  • Create technical content such as code samples and blog posts to share knowledge internally and externally.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
  • At least 7 years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, enterprise architecture, data architecture, and cloud computing.
  • Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering (preferred).
  • 10+ years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, enterprise architecture, data architecture, and cloud computing (preferred).
  • 10+ years of professional experience coding in languages such as Go, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Rust, C#, or Scala (preferred).
  • 8+ years of experience with database and database management systems (preferred).
  • 10+ years of experience in the full lifecycle of system development, networking protocols, and distributed systems (preferred).
  • 5+ years of experience mentoring senior engineers and leading cross-domain architectural reviews (preferred).

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