Staff Full-Stack Engineer

Capital One Financial

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Work type: On-site
Location: McLean, VA
Salary: $269,100–$307,200 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 3 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $208k

This role $288k

$164k most similar roles pay here $322k

This role pays more than 99% of similar roles. Most pay $185,641–$230,400 — 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 936 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $197,300–$225,100 across 933 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Full-Stack Engineer

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As a Staff Full-Stack Engineer, you will join a team of technical experts to define the future of banking in the cloud. You will serve as a trusted advisor and force-multiplier, decomposing complex problems into practical solutions while mentoring engineers and promoting engineering excellence. Your daily work involves reviewing critical application repositories, ensuring high code quality, and driving the modernization of monolithic systems into microservice architectures and event-driven platforms. You will partner with leadership to define architecture for multi-tenant platforms supporting batch and real-time settlement capabilities across payment networks. The role requires expertise in cloud computing (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud), data architecture, and programming languages such as Go, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Rust, C#, or Scala. You will also leverage knowledge of networking protocols, mobile architecture, and agentic AI coding tools to solve systemic challenges.

What does a Full Stack Engineer earn in Virginia?

Median $211200 from 149 postings across 4 companies.

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Skills

AWS Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform Go Java JavaScript TypeScript Python Rust C# Scala Distributed Systems Machine Learning API Mobile Architecture

What you'll do

Decompose complex problems into practical, operational solutions for the organization.
Define architecture for multi-tenant platforms supporting batch and real-time settlement capabilities.
Drive the modernization of monolithic systems into microservice architectures and event-driven platforms.
Serve as an authoritative expert on non-functional system characteristics like performance, scalability, and operability.
Mentor engineers and coach the technical community to strengthen their expertise and skills.
Create technical documentation, code samples, and blog posts to share knowledge internally and externally.
Ensure high code quality through active review of critical application repositories.
Collaborate with leadership to define long-term platform strategies and API standards.

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, cloud computing, and data architecture.
Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering (preferred).
10+ years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, enterprise architecture, and data architecture (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 from conception through production support (preferred).
5+ years of experience with public cloud platforms, networking protocols, or mentoring senior engineers (preferred).

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