Staff Full-stack Engineer

Capital One Financial

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Work type: Remote
Location: McLean, VARichmond, VAPlano, TXRiverwoods, IL
Salary: $244,700–$279,200 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 2 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
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

Capital One Financial currently has 1744 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $197,300–$225,100 across 948 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Full-stack Engineer

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Staff Full-stack Engineer (Remote-Eligible) - Global Payment Network serves as a technical expert within the Global Payment Network team, focusing on mission-critical systems for domestic and international money movement. You will decompose complex problems into practical solutions, modernize monolithic systems into microservice architectures, and establish API standards while mentoring other engineers. The role involves building high-volume, low-latency distributed ecosystems that ensure secure and performant transaction processing and fraud mitigation. Key technologies include Go, Java, Python, Rust, C#, Scala, and TypeScript/JavaScript with SPA frameworks. You will leverage cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud to manage data architecture and networking protocols. The work centers on solving high-throughput transaction challenges and integrating third-party distributed systems within a complex payment processing environment, utilizing agentic AI coding tools to address systemic development hurdles in the fintech domain.

What does a Full Stack Engineer earn in Virginia?

Median $211200 from 204 postings across 5 companies.

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Skills

AWS Microsoft Azure Google Cloud Go Java JavaScript TypeScript Python Rust C# Scala Machine Learning Distributed Systems API Networking Protocols

What you'll do

Decompose complex technical problems into practical, operational solutions for high-volume payment systems.
Drive the modernization of monolithic systems into microservice architectures and event-driven platforms.
Act as a technical authority on non-functional requirements like performance, scalability, and operability.
Create code samples, blog posts, and documentation to share knowledge across the organization.
Mentor engineers and coach the community to strengthen collective technical expertise.
Collaborate with leadership to define long-term platform strategies and API standards.
Implement AI-native engineering practices and tools to solve systemic development challenges.

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 and solution architecture.
At least 7 years of experience in enterprise architecture and design patterns.
At least 7 years of experience in cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud).
At least 7 years of experience in data architecture.
Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering (preferred).
10+ years of experience in web technologies, distributed HPC/ML systems, and various programming languages (preferred).
8+ years of experience with database management, public cloud platforms, and networking protocols (preferred).