Distinguished Engineer - Network Connectivity

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.

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, inclusive of producing MVPs through direct hands‑on software contributions. You will specialize in a particular subject area, but your input and impact will be sought and expected throughout the organization.

The Distinguished Engineer will be a part of the Connectivity Evolution organization focusing on driving strategy and best practices around the enterprise network agenda & infrastructure automation
, while collaborating across domains with Cyber, Cloud and Software Engineering teams.

Expertise with the following technologies is ideal for success in the role: IP networks, Cloud Networks, BGP, IS‑IS, SD‑WAN, VxLAN, Wi‑Fi with software tools like Ansible, Python, Salt Stack, etc.

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.

• 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

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

• Bachelor's Degree
• At least 7 years of experience in Software Development or Software Engineering
• At least 5 years of experience in Network Engineering designing and implementing large multi‑site networks

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field
• 10+ years of Software Engineering or Software Development experience
• 10+ years of professional experience coding in commonly used languages such as Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/Type Script, Swift, etc.
• 10+ years of experience with Networking (BGP, Wi‑Fi, SD‑WAN, Cloud Networking and Data Center Networking)
• 10+ years of professional experience in the full lifecycle of system development, from conception through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment and production support
• 7+ years of experience in building distributed systems and highly available services using cloud computing services (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• 3+ years of experience with IPv6 implementation in the cloud

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,…