Staff Software Engineer, Card Technology

Capital One Financial

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Work type: On-site
Location: McLean, VAChicago, IL
Salary: $244,700–$279,200 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 11 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

Capital One Financial currently has 2107 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer, Card Technology

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Staff Software Engineer - Card Technology joins the Card Core Accounts and Transactions team to manage highly available, scalable critical services for customer-facing applications. This role involves architecting target state application architectures, decomposing complex problems into operational solutions, and driving the modernization of monolithic systems into microservice architectures and event-driven platforms. You will serve as a technical expert and mentor, providing guidance on non-functional system characteristics like performance, scalability, and operability. Required skills include software engineering, solution architecture, enterprise design patterns, data architecture, and cloud computing across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. Preferred technical proficiencies include JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, Java, Python, Rust, C#, and Scala, alongside experience with networking protocols, distributed HPC and ML systems, and the strategic application of agentic AI coding tools.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Virginia?

Median $165000 from 125 postings across 23 companies.

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Skills

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

What you'll do

Architect the target state application architecture for migrating legacy systems to a modern technology stack.
Decompose complex problems into practical, operational solutions while ensuring the quality of technical design and implementation.
Drive the modernization of monolithic systems into microservice architectures and event-driven platforms.
Serve as an authoritative expert on non-functional system characteristics including performance, scalability, and operability.
Mentor engineers and coach the technical community to strengthen the collective expertise and know-how of the organization.
Collaborate with senior leaders to define long-term platform strategy and API standards.
Create and share technical communications, code samples, and blog posts to share knowledge across the organization.
Lead cross-divisional projects that promote technological best practices and system enhancements.

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 software engineering, solution architecture, enterprise architecture, cloud computing, and data architecture (preferred).
10+ years of professional experience coding in Go, Java, JavaScript/Typescript, Python, Rust, C#, or Scala (preferred).

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