Sr. Distinguished Engineer - Developer Enablement

Sr. Distinguished Engineer - Developer Enablement

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.

You will work alongside our talented team of developers, machine learning experts, product managers and people leaders. Our Senior 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.

Senior 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.

As a Senior Distinguished Engineer, you will join the Developer Experience organization within the Enterprise Platform Technology (EPTech) line of business. You will own and execute on high priority initiatives that enable developers to be more productive, while influencing across the enterprise to drive our Developer Experience strategy. Specifically, you will be partnering closely with cross-functional teams, mentoring engineers, providing technical guidance to teams and defining the strategy for how we develop and maintain software at Capital One, paying special attention to how we ensure software stays current while minimizing the effort required of developer teams to do so. You will drive adoption of low surface area container images ("distroless"), standardize software build processes with technology like CNCF Buildpacks, and move up the stack from the automated update of base images that we have today, to addressing all types of software dependencies at scale, for all applications developed at Capital One. Experience with tools that automate dependency updates, as well as an understanding of how Generative AI might play a role in software updates will be valuable. This role will be responsible for big picture thinking, strategic direction, presenting to executive stakeholders, and holding engineering teams accountable for overarching delivery goals.

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

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree

At least 9 years of experience with software engineering or software development

At least 5 years of experience with public cloud providers (AWS, GCP or Azure)

Preferred Qualifications

Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field

10+ years of professional experience in the full lifecycle of system development, from conception through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment and production support

10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture and design patterns working with business leaders on the implications of architectural decisions

5+ years of professional experience coding in commonly used languages like Java, Python, Go, JavaScript / TypeScript, Swift, etc.

5+ years experience with DevSecOps and building software with CI / CD pipelines using GitHub, Artifactory, Jenkins, Harness, Sonar, and AWS CloudFormation templates

5+ years architecting enterprise applications on public cloud platforms and cloud ecosystems (AWS, GCP or Azure)

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.

McLean, VA : $308,700 - $352,300 for Sr Distinguished EngineerNew York, NY : $336,700 - $384,200 for Sr Distinguished EngineerRichmond, VA : $280,600 - $320,200 for Sr Distinguished Engineer

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate's offer letter.

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. Learn more at the

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• . Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.No agencies please. 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, to the extent applicable, 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.

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