Senior Distinguished Engineer - Card Partnerships; Remote-Eligible

Senior Distinguished Engineer - Card Partnerships (Remote-Eligible)

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.

Our team serves as the technical visionary and strategic engine behind Capital One's Partnership Card organization, driving world-class credit experiences for iconic brands like Kohl's, Williams-Sonoma, and T-Mobile, among others. We are committed to bringing a destination-technology mindset that balances bold innovation with the architectural discipline to build systems that are resilient, scalable, and built to last. By accelerating the integration of cutting-edge AI-powered development, we empower our engineers to automate complex workflows and deliver smarter, data-driven customer capabilities.

Our mission is to bridge the gap between ambitious technology and tangible business growth, consistently enhancing the experience for our customers and partners.

We are looking for an autonomous, visionary engineer who works backward from strategic destinations and champions an AI-first approach to innovation. In this role, you will proactively exploit cutting-edge technology to discover and capture latent, high-value business opportunities before they become obvious to the market.

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.

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
• Additional responsibilities added at hiring manager's discretion

Capital One is open to hiring a remote employee for this opportunity.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• At least 9 years of experience in General software Software engineering and solution architecture
• At least 9 years of experience in Enterprise architecture and design patterns

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10+ years of professional experience coding in commonly used languages like Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/Type Script, Swift, etc.
• 9+ years of professional experience in the full lifecycle of system development, from conception through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment and production support
• 5+ years of experience with public or private cloud technologies
• Demonstrated experience driving AI-enabled engineering at scale moving beyond basic tooling to architect workflows, shape adoption strategies, and unlock compounding productivity gains across engineering organizations

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. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

Remote (Regardless of Location): $286,200 - $326,700 for Sr Distinguished Engineer

Chicago, IL: $286,200 - $326,700 for Sr Distinguished Engineer

McLean, VA: $314,800 - $359,300 for Sr Distinguished Engineer

New York, NY: $343,400 - $392,000 for Sr Distinguished Engineer

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and…