Distinguished Software Data Engineer Job at Capital One (San Francisco)

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Manager, Product Manager - ATM Platform

Product Management at Capital One is a booming, vibrant craft that requires reim...

Location

United States , New York; McLean; Wilmington; Richmond

Salary:

149800.00 - 205100.00 USD / Year

Capital One

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

At least 3 years of experience working in Product Management
Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining one of the following with an expectation that the required degree will be obtained on or before the scheduled start date: A Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Information Systems or a related quantitative field)
A Master's Degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Information Systems or a related quantitative field) or an MBA with a quantitative concentration

Job Responsibility

Own the core engine behind our ATM experience
Lead the complex orchestration of backend systems, middleware, and vendor integrations that ensure our ATM fleet operates at peak performance
Navigate the unique challenge of a 'hybrid' stack—managing proprietary builds alongside critical vendor software
Partner with our Architects and Distinguished Engineers to drive platform resiliency
Serve as the vital link between Engineering and Operations to ensure our systems are not just functional, but scalable and data-driven
Demonstrate proficiency in five key areas: Human Centered, Business Focused, Technology Driven, Integrated Problem Solving, Transformational Leadership

What we offer

Performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI)
A comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being

Fulltime

Distinguished Applied Researcher

At Capital One, we are creating trustworthy and reliable AI systems, changing ba...

Location

United States , McLean; San Francisco; New York; Cambridge; San Jose

Salary:

278400.00 - 381300.00 USD / Year

Capital One

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, AI, Mathematics, or related fields plus 4 years of experience in Applied Research or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, AI, Mathematics, or related fields plus 6 years of experience in Applied Research
PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Computer Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Electrical Engineering or related fields
LLM
PhD focus on NLP or Masters with 10 years of industrial NLP research experience
Core contributor to team that has trained a large language model from scratch (10B + parameters, 500B+ tokens) or through continued pre-training, post training pipeline for alignment and reasoning, LLM optimizations, complex reasoning with multi-agentic LLMs
Numerous publications at ACL, NAACL and EMNLP, Neurips, ICML or ICLR on topics related to the pre-training of large language models (e.g. technical reports of pre-trained LLMs, SSL techniques, model pre-training optimization)
Has worked on an LLM (open source or commercial) that is currently available for use
Demonstrated ability to guide the technical direction of a large-scale model training team
Experience with common training optimization frameworks (deep speed, nemo)
Experience contributing to the team that has trained a large language model from scratch (10B + parameters, 500B+ tokens) or through continued pre-training, post training pipeline for alignment and reasoning, LLM optimizations, complex reasoning with multi-agentic LLMs

Job Responsibility

Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, machine learning engineers and product managers to deliver AI-powered products that change how customers interact with their money
Leverage a broad stack of technologies — Pytorch, AWS Ultraclusters, Huggingface, Lightning, VectorDBs, and more — to reveal the insights hidden within huge volumes of numeric and textual data
Build AI foundation models through all phases of development, from design through training, evaluation, validation, and implementation
Engage in high impact applied research to take the latest AI developments and push them into the next generation of customer experiences
Flex your interpersonal skills to translate the complexity of your work into tangible business goals
Partner with a cross-functional team of scientists, machine learning engineers, software engineers, and product managers to deliver AI-powered platforms and solutions that change how customers interact with their money

What we offer

comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being
performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI)

Fulltime

Distinguished Engineer

At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless ...

Location

United States , Chevy Chase

Salary:

150000.00 - 300000.00 USD / Year

Geico

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

10+ years of professional experience in software engineering
8+ years of experience with architecture and design
6+ years of experience in open-source frameworks
4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience
Deep hands-on experience in building complex distributed system to process large scale telemetry and architectures to support the scale and performance, with great knowledge on Docker and Kubernetes
Advance knowledge of at least two of the OOP language such as Java, Go, Python, etc.
Great understanding of open-source databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc. And strong foundation with No-SQL databases like Clickhouse, Cassandra. Apache Trino etc. Knowledge or Big data formats such as Parquet or Avro etc.
Experience in architecting, designing, building Observability platform solutions, Advanced data analytics using Open-Source technologies are a big plus.
Experience building distributed systems

Job Responsibility

Develop and drive the overall tech strategy for the Reliability and observability tools organization, and report to the Senior Director
Focus on multiple areas and provide technical and thought leadership as Observability Domain Technical Champion
Collaborate with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve our toughest problems
Develop and execute technical software development strategy for the Observability Engineering domain
Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions
Be a role model and mentor, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community. Influence and educate executives
Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams
Lead the design and architecture of resilient and scalable systems, considering both on-premises and cloud-based solutions
Develop and maintain comprehensive incident response plans to address various disaster scenarios on our backup/restore systems
Conduct regular simulations and drills to ensure the readiness of the organization in the event of a disaster

What we offer

Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being
Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation
a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match
performance and recognition-based incentives
and tuition assistance
Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance
Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year

Fulltime

Sr. Distinguished Software Engineer (Anti-Money Laundering)

As a Sr. Distinguished Engineer at Capital One, you will be a part of a communit...

Location

United States , McLean; Richmond; New York

Salary:

286200.00 - 392000.00 USD / Year

Capital One

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

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

Job Responsibility

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, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community
Learn the business of our stakeholders and conceive of 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)
Utilize best practices for modern engineering operations including observability, SLOs, Continuous Deployment, and Incident Management that embrace a 'you build it, you run it' mentality

What we offer

performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI)
comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being

Fulltime

Distinguished Engineer - Hyperscalers

At NetApp, we have a history of helping customers turn challenges into business ...

Location

United States , San Jose

Salary:

285000.00 - 355000.00 USD / Year

NetApp

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Minimum of 10+ years of experience as software engineer
4+ years hands-on experience as a senior Principal Engineer leading multiple software engineering teams
Expert knowledge in performance, scalability, enterprise system architecture, and engineering best practices
Expert in designing and building large-scale systems in a multi-tiered, distributed environment (Service Oriented Architecture)
Extensive experience building fault tolerant and high scale distributed architecture on one of the major cloud providers
Extensive experience of cloud native application or services operations, data management, migration, and security
Excellent communication and writing skills, with the ability to effectively engage with customers, stakeholders, and the engineering community
Proactive and self-driven, with the ability to work independently and take ownership of initiatives
Experience operating and troubleshooting reliable, scalable software systems
Experience building fully automated testing frameworks from code check-in to deployment

Job Responsibility

Lead the definition, design, architecture quality, implementation, and delivery of the most advanced, most difficult, most cross-cutting, and/or most ambiguous challenges spanning across the Cloud business unit
Operate with independence and act as force multipliers to the benefit of the company, delivering on its most complex challenges
Foster a culture of learning and experimentation, and advocate for best engineering, QA, and Operational practices for the entire business unit
Serve as a technical leader on demanding, cross-functional engineering projects
Understand not just the technical and product capabilities but the nuances of the NetApp cloud business and help to understand and balance conflicting stakeholder objectives, while simultaneously building trust and demonstrating empathy with customers’ needs
Architect and build modern CD/CI infrastructure which works all the time for several hundred developers working on multitude of interconnected software deployment pipelines
Architect and design modern, cloud native QA framework and components
Assist in the career development of others, actively coach and mentor other senior and principal engineers on advanced technical issues
Contribute to building intellectual property through patents

What we offer

Health Insurance
Life Insurance
Retirement or Pension Plans
Paid Time Off (PTO)
various Leave options
Performance-Based Incentives
employee stock purchase plan
restricted stocks (RSU’s)
40 hours of paid volunteer time each year
Employee Assistance Program, fitness, and mental health resources

Fulltime

Distinguished Engineer - Enterprise Data Storage and Consumption

As a Distinguished Engineer at Capital One, you will be a part of a community of...

Location

United States , McLean; Richmond; New York

Salary:

244700.00 - 335100.00 USD / Year

Capital One

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

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 Security engineering and architecture
At least 5 years of experience in Data architecture including Event Driven and Real-Time architectures

Job Responsibility

Define and champion the strategic roadmap for the adoption, governance, and cost-optimization of the data ecosystem leveraging Databricks and Snowflake on the AWS cloud.
Lead the design and implementation of highly scalable, fault-tolerant, and cost-effective data architectures that seamlessly integrate Databricks (for complex processing/ML) and Snowflake (for warehousing/BI).
Serve as the primary technical authority for data security and governance best practices within Databricks and Snowflake, ensuring integration with core AWS security services (e.g., IAM, KMS).
Drive performance engineering and optimization for large-scale data ingestion and processing workloads across the Databricks/Snowflake/AWS data pipeline.
Mentor engineering teams on the advanced features, architecture, and cost-efficient usage of Databricks, Snowflake, and related AWS services.
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

What we offer

performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI)
comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being

Fulltime

Distinguished Software Engineer - Card Tech

As a Distinguished Engineer at Capital One, you will be a part of a community of...

Location

United States , New York

Salary:

293600.00 - 335100.00 USD / Year

Capital One

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree
At least 7 years of experience in software engineering
At least 7 years of experience designing distributed systems, backend architecture, and API platforms
At least 5 years of experience with public cloud technologies

Job Responsibility

Define and drive technical strategy and roadmap for our systems and platforms that power Capital One’s inbound card and loan capabilities across the customer experience, payment profiles, scheduling, fulfillment and money movement rails
Partner cross-functionally with client, cloud infrastructure, and machine learning platform teams to align on and co-develop technical solutions
Architect and build highly secure & scalable systems that enable server-driven product experiences across devices, with exceptional reliability and availability
Design high-throughput, low-latency services capable of handling millions of concurrent requests
Design and implement API & federated BFF (Back-end for Front end) strategy for efficient data access (fetching, caching, request coalescing, etc.) between backend services and clients, with democratized data schema contribution
Architect enhanced Observability and Monitoring frameworks to enable rapid issue detection, debugging and resolution, across the entire product system stack
Provide organizational technical leadership to influence architecture, engineering standards, cross-team strategies, mentoring engineers and driving organization wide platform innovation
Leverage proven leadership in driving platform strategy, fostering cross-functional collaboration, and influencing technical direction across the company

What we offer

comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being
performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI)

Fulltime

Senior Distinguished Engineer – Automated Governance

As a Distinguished Engineer at Capital One, you will be a part of a community of...

Location

United States , McLean; Chicago; Remote; Richmond; New York

Salary:

286200.00 - 392000.00 USD / Year

Capital One

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree
At least 9 years of experience in software engineering, including experience in designing and scaling backend systems, security protocols, or data platform
At least 7 years of experience building and optimizing resilient, production-critical infrastructure

Job Responsibility

Engineer Automated Governance: Lead the strategy for systems that treat compliance as a data problem
Define Agentic Safety: Partner with Agentic Platform and Risk teams to build the verification systems
Simplify Regulatory Complexity: Translate complex regulatory requirements into elegant, automated technical solutions
Drive Technical Impact: Operate as a hands-on leader, driving the implementation of critical solutions
Bridge Engineering and Risk: Partner with Risk Management, SDLC Policy, Cyber, and Audit teams to align technical strategies with business outcomes

What we offer

performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI)
comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being

Fulltime

Distinguished Software Data Engineer

Capital One

Location:
United States , San Francisco ▼
McLean
San Jose

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
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Job Posted:
April 10, 2026

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