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As a Sr. 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. You will specialize in a particular subject area, but your input and impact will be sought and expected throughout the organization. Join us to define the future of observability at enterprise scale — where OpenTelemetry meets Generative AI. You’ll drive strategy and innovation across our engineering ecosystem, shaping how millions of signals become real-time intelligence for capital one line of business. As a Distinguished Engineer, you’ll influence engineering direction across product lines, architect deep telemetry intelligence, and partner with senior leaders to transform how we see, understand, and act on technology operations data in the cloud. 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.
Job Responsibility:
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
Additional responsibilities added at hiring manager’s discretion
Requirements:
Bachelor’s Degree
At least 9 years of experience in General software
At least 9 years of experience in Software engineering and solution architecture
At least 9 years of experience in Enterprise architecture and design patterns
At least 9 years of experience in Full ML development lifecycle using AI and ML frameworks
At least 9 years of experience in Cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
At least 9 years of experience in Data architecture
Nice to have:
Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field
10+ years of professional experience coding in commonly used languages like Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, Swift, etc.
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 designing, implementing, and operating observability solutions for large-scale, distributed, and highly available systems.
5+ years of experience with Open Source Observability tools such as OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana etc.
Experience with emerging observability trends and technologies, such as eBPF, zero-code instrumentation, or AI/ML-driven anomaly detection is a plus.
3+ years of experience with public or private cloud technologies
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