Distinguished Engineer - Financial Core
Listed on 2026-01-12
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IT/Tech
Systems Engineer, Cloud Computing
Distinguished Engineer - Financial Core
As a Distinguished Engineer at Capital One, you will be a part of a community of technical experts working to define the future of banking in the cloud.
You will work alongside our talented team of developers, machine learning experts, product managers and people leaders. Our Distinguished Engineers are leading experts in their domains, helping devise practical and reusable solutions to complex problems. You will drive innovation at multiple levels, helping optimize business outcomes while driving towards strong technology solutions.
At Capital One, we believe diversity of thought strengthens our ability to influence, collaborate and provide the most innovative solutions across organizational boundaries. You will promote a culture of engineering excellence, and strike the right balance between lending expertise and providing an inclusive environment where the ideas of others can be heard and championed. You will lead the way in creating next-generation talent for Capital One Tech, mentoring internal talent and actively recruiting to keep building our community.
Distinguished Engineers are expected to lead through technical contribution. You will operate as a trusted advisor for our key technologies, platforms and capability domains, creating clear and concise communications, code samples, blog posts and other material to share knowledge both inside and outside the organization. You will specialize in a particular subject area, but your input and impact will be sought and expected throughout the organization.
As a
Distinguished Engineer
within the Financial Core Technology organization, you will be a key driver of our Enterprise Platform Technology business. You will be responsible for
defining, architecting, and leading the implementation
of our "mission control" financial ledger—a cloud-native platform that will be central to our operations. In this role, you will also
establish the technical standards/solutions
that will empower business lines to rapidly develop new financial instruments. We’re looking for someone who brings
deep expertise
in distributed ledger systems, financial data modeling, and architecting highly available, scalable, and secure financial platforms to the forefront of this critical initiative
If you are ready to provide thought leadership and build engineering excellence across Capital One’s engineering teams, come join us in our mission to change banking for good.
Key responsibilities:
Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domain
Decompose complex problems into practical and operational solutions
Ensure the quality of technical design and implementation
Serve as an authoritative expert on non-functional system characteristics, such as performance, scalability and operability
Continue learning and injecting advanced technical knowledge into our community
Handle several projects simultaneously, balancing your time to maximize impact
Act as a role model and mentor within the tech community, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community
Bachelor’s Degree
At least 7 years of software engineering or software development experience
At least 5 years of public cloud experience (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field
10+ years of experience in software engineering or software development experience
10+ years of professional experience coding in commonly used languages like Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/Type Script, Swift, etc.
10+ years of public cloud experience (AWS, GCP, Azure)
5+ years of experience with financial ledger platforms
5+ years of experience in Agile practices
3+ years of experience in modernizing technology stacks
Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.
McLean, VA: $269,100 - $307,200 for Distinguished Engineer Richmond, VA: $244,700 - $279,200 for Distinguished Engineer
Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary…
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