Senior Distinguished Engineer - Business Banking Technology at Capital One

Senior Distinguished Engineer - Business Banking Technology

As a Senior 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.

In this role, you will work alongside product, design and other software engineers to reimagine the digital banking experience for our business banking customers.  In Business Banking Engineering, we’re automating workflow so we can focus on higher level problems, and we’re replacing vendor products with user-centric solutions--all using the latest technologies. This is one of the top priorities in Business Banking at Capital One, and a very exciting place to work to define the best-in-class engineering practice.  

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

• 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

• Drive awareness and adoption of cutting-edge technologies, sharing the customer benefits to gain buy-in; ensure required education occurs to maximize benefit from all users

• Promote a culture of engineering excellence and being well-managed, using opportunities to reuse and innersource code where possible

• Effectively communicate with and influence key stakeholders across the enterprise

• Operate as a trusted advisor for a specific technology or platform, helping to shape the use cases and implementation within one’s team

• Lead the way in creating next-generation talent for Tech, mentoring internal talent and actively recruiting external talent to bolster Capital One’s Tech talent.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree

• At least 9 years of experience with Cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)

• At least 9 years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture

• At least 9 years of experience in Mobile technology and frameworks (iOS, Android)

Preferred Qualifications:  

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field

• 13+ years of professional experience in the full lifecycle of system development, from conception through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment and production support

• 13+ years of experience in Enterprise architecture and design patterns

• 13+ years of professional experience coding in commonly used languages like Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, Swift, etc.

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

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.

No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), race, color, age, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender reassignment, citizenship, immigration status, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under applicable federal, state or local law. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

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