Distinguished Software Engineer

Distinguished Software Engineer

As a Distinguished Engineer at Capital One, you will be part of a community of technical experts working to define the future of banking in the cloud. You will work alongside developers, machine learning experts, product managers, and people leaders. The role focuses on driving innovation, optimizing business outcomes, and creating reusable solutions to complex problems. You will promote engineering excellence, maintain an inclusive environment, and mentor internal talent while recruiting new community members.

Distinguished Engineers are expected to lead through technical contribution, act as trusted advisors for key technologies, platforms, and capability domains, and produce clear communications, code samples, and blog posts to share knowledge. They specialize in a subject area, but provide input across the organization.

• 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 the community
• Handle several projects simultaneously, balancing your time to maximize impact
• Act as a role model and mentor within the tech 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 security engineering and architecture
• 10+ years of professional experience coding in commonly used languages such as Java, Python, Go, and Node
• 8+ years of professional experience in the full lifecycle of system development, from conception through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment and production support
• 3+ years of experience with public or private cloud technologies (AWS)

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

McLean, VA: $269,100 - $307,200 for Distinguished Engineer

Plano, TX: $244,700 - $279,200 for Distinguished Engineer

Richmond, VA: $244,700 - $279,200 for Distinguished Engineer

This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well‑being.

Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non‑discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. 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 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.