Sr. Distinguished Software Engineer - AML; Remote - Eligible

Sr. Distinguished Software Engineer – Anti‑Money Laundering (Remote – Eligible)

As a Sr. 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 a multidisciplinary team of developers, machine learning experts, product managers and people leaders to drive innovation at multiple levels, optimize business outcomes and create technology solutions.

We believe that 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 while mentoring internal talent and actively recruiting to build our community.

• 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 observability, resiliency and operational excellence
• 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, coaching and strengthening technical expertise
• Learn the business of stakeholders and conceive creative technical solutions that solve for their goals
• Develop full‑stack applications with a product engineering mindset, spanning frontend and backend ecosystems that balance simplicity with flexibility
• Utilize AWS cloud infrastructure across the entire stack (IaaS primitives to PaaS offerings)
• Apply best practices for modern engineering operations including observability, SLOs, Continuous Deployment and Incident Management, embracing a “you build it, you run it” mentality
• Use frameworks such as Spark, Flink, Kafka and Dagster for large‑scale data architectures and processing
• Write high‑quality technical documentation to align partner teams and influence stakeholders

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 9 years of experience in Software Engineering and solution architecture
• At least 9 years of experience in Cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
• At least 9 years of experience in Data architecture

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field
• 10+ years of experience in Software Engineering and solution architecture
• 3+ years of experience building tools within Anti‑Money Laundering, Know Your Customer, Financial Crime or Fraud detection domains
• 3+ years of experience implementing AI/ML strategies for anomaly detection, entity resolution in a regulatory environment that requires a high bar for explainability
• 3+ years of experience implementing Product Observability

Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/veteran) committed to non‑discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state and local laws. We promote a drug‑free workplace and will consider applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with applicable laws.