Sr. Distinguished Engineer

Overview

Sr. Distinguished Engineer, Software Engineer - Enterprise data storage and consumption platforms We are the Data Storage, & Consumption platform team within the Enterprise Data at Capital One. By joining the team, you will lead technical initiatives to mature and grow the consumption platforms leveraged by all lines of businesses in Capital One. These initiatives will deliver solutions for improving the consumption platform scalability, Operational Excellence, Performance & Resiliency.

Distinguish Engineers are individual contributors who strive to be diverse in thought to visualize the problem space. At Capital One, we believe diversity of thought strengthens our ability to influence, collaborate and provide the most innovative solutions across organizational boundaries. Distinguished Engineers will significantly impact our trajectory and devise clear roadmaps to deliver next generation technology solutions.

• Deep technical experts and thought leaders that help accelerate adoption of the best engineering practices, while maintaining knowledge on industry innovations, trends and practices.
• Collaborate on Capital One's toughest issues to deliver on business needs that directly impact customers and associates.
• Mentor and coach the technical expertise and know-how of the engineering and product community; act as an evangelist to elevate the Distinguished Engineering community.
• Lead the way in creating next-generation talent for Tech by mentoring internal talent and actively recruiting external talent to bolster Capital One's Tech talent.
• Prototype, benchmark new features/solutions for performance, cost, and feature availability.
• Operate with a platform mindset with multi-tenancy, serverless computing, and distributed system computing patterns.
• Act as a trusted advisor for a specific technology, platform or capability domain, shaping use cases and implementations by building PoCs and exploratory analyses.
• Effectively communicate with and influence key stakeholders across the enterprise at all levels of the organization.
• Build awareness, increase knowledge and drive adoption of modern technologies, sharing benefits to gain buy-in.
• Promote a culture of engineering excellence and encourage reuse and inner source solutions where possible.

• Bachelor's Degree
• At least 9 years of experience in software engineering
• At least 5 years of experience with AWS cloud platform
• At least 2 years of experience with ML and AI technologies
• At least 3 years of experience working with Big Data (Spark)

• 5+ years of experience with Big Data Technologies
• 5+ years experience architecting and delivering software systems or platforms
• 3+ years of Dev Ops experience using AWS, Python, Terraform, Jenkins, Git Hub and Artifactory
• 6+ years of experience in cloud native platforms
• 5+ years of experience in open source frameworks
• 3+ years of experience in Test Automation

Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated. McLean, VA: $314,800 - $359,300 for Sr Distinguished Engineer;
New York, NY: $343,400 - $392,000 for Sr Distinguished Engineer. Other locations follow their respective pay ranges.

This role is also eligible to earn performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonuses and/or long-term incentives (LTI).

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits. Eligibility varies based on status. This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.

No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable laws. Capital One will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries.

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Capital One Financial is made up of several entities. Position postings in Canada are for Capital One Canada, in the United Kingdom for Capital One Europe, and in the Philippines for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).