Distinguished Engineer; Remote - Eligible

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.

We establish the foundational technology that allows Capital One to operate successfully in an uncertain environment. Our team is intelligent, engaged, and empowered, working together to deliver exceptional products that advance our shared goal: revolutionizing risk management through technology. We develop advanced, data‑driven tools that leverage machine learning and AI capabilities to proactively prevent risks and automatically identify potential issues before they can harm our business, customers, or communities.

You will partner directly with the Anti‑Money Laundering & Sanctions teams to architect intelligent, real‑time risk management products, heavily utilizing cutting‑edge technologies like Artificial Intelligence. Your responsibilities extend beyond merely executing on a set roadmap; you will be a visionary strategist. You will define and introduce modern technologies to solve critical problems, including those our stakeholders haven’t yet envisioned. This is a hands‑on technical role and you are expected to dive deep into the codebase, write high‑quality production code, actively participate in complex system design reviews, and mentor engineers through practical, on‑the‑ground technical leadership.

• Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for embedding AI and automated code transformation into the developer lifecycle
• 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
• Ensure code is of the highest quality & standard while being an active contributor and reviewer on critical repos of the application
• Develop full‑stack applications with a product engineering mindset, spanning frontend and backend ecosystems that balance simplicity with flexibility

Capital One is open to hiring a Remote Employee for this opportunity.

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 7 years of experience in Software engineering and solution architecture
• At least 7 years of experience in Enterprise architecture and design patterns
• At least 5 years of experience in Cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
• At least 5 years of experience in Data architecture including Event Driven and Real‑Time architectures

• Bachelors’ or Master’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field
• 10+ years of experience in Software Engineering and solution architecture
• 10+ years of professional experience coding in commonly used languages like Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/Type Script, Swift, etc.
• 8+ years of professional experience in the full lifecycle of…