Distinguished Engineer (Director IC) - Card Decisioning

A leading financial services company providing banking, credit cards and financial products.
McLean, VA, USARichmond, VA, USAChicago, IL, USA
$239,900 - $328,500
Backend
Principal Software Engineer
In-Person
5,000+ Employees
7+ years of experience
Finance

Description For Distinguished Engineer (Director IC) - Card Decisioning

Capital One is seeking a Distinguished Engineer to join their Card Decisioning team, where you'll be part of an elite community of technical experts shaping the future of banking in the cloud. This role combines deep technical expertise with strategic leadership, focusing on building and evolving Capital One's decisioning platform. You'll work alongside developers, machine learning experts, and product managers to create scalable, resilient, multi-tenant solutions that power critical financial decisions.

As a Distinguished Engineer, you'll be responsible for providing architectural guidance and technical leadership in building a world-class platform. The role involves working with real-time, accurate, secure, and AI-powered decision-making solutions for customer transactions, fraud detection, alerts, credit inquiries, and applications across card, lending, and banking products. You'll collaborate with other Distinguished Engineers on high-level designs and help software engineers develop products while fostering an excellent engineering culture.

The position offers competitive compensation ranging from $239,900 to $328,500 depending on location, plus performance-based incentives and comprehensive benefits. You'll be working with cutting-edge technologies and have the opportunity to influence technical decisions that impact millions of customers. The role requires deep expertise in cloud technologies, software architecture, and a proven track record of building large-scale systems.

This is an exceptional opportunity for a seasoned technical leader who wants to make a significant impact on the future of financial technology while working with some of the industry's best talents. You'll be instrumental in mentoring the next generation of engineers and helping to build Capital One's technical community while driving innovation in financial services.

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Responsibilities For Distinguished Engineer (Director IC) - Card Decisioning

  • 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
  • Continue learning and injecting advanced technical knowledge into our community
  • Handle several projects simultaneously, balancing time to maximize impact
  • Act as a role model and mentor within the tech community
  • Help coach and strengthen the technical expertise of engineering and product community

Requirements For Distinguished Engineer (Director IC) - Card Decisioning

Java
Python
Go
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • At least 7 years of experience as hands on full stack or backend technologist
  • At least 5 years of professional experience coding in commonly used languages like Java, Python, Go etc.
  • At least 5 years of experience in software engineering, enterprise architecture, solution architecture or data architecture, site reliability engineering
  • At least 3 years of experience in cloud native technologies (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)

Benefits For Distinguished Engineer (Director IC) - Card Decisioning

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401k
Visa Sponsorship
  • Comprehensive health benefits
  • Financial benefits
  • Performance based incentives
  • Cash bonuses
  • Long term incentives (LTI)

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