Distinguished Engineer (Velocity Black)
As a Distinguished Engineer at Capital One, 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.
The Distinguished Engineer will be part of Velocity Black by Capital One that harnesses the power of artificial intelligence, the warmth of human experts and the convenience of the latest interfaces to help high-performance people actualize the full potential of their lives. By harnessing 24/7 chat, AI, and mobile payments, we help our customers do more and be more in the digital age. From access to the hottest restaurants to guaranteed upgrades at the world’s finest resorts. Make a custom request through the app and you will be chatting to our team within 1 minute, 24/7/365. The service we offer and build upon is unlike anything ever built before, and our product is rapidly evolving. Velocity Black is our core product, offering exclusive access and unbeatable word-wide service across Travel, Experiences, Luxury Goods and Dining via a mobile application. Our internal and bespoke request management platform, Gravity, is built with React and Node.js micro services, virtually augmenting our expert customer service agents with AI, delivering the unrivalled personal service our members expect and love.
As a candidate for this role, you’re able to_ seamlessly switch from diving deep into technology with engineers to driving high-level, strategic discussions_. You are a naturally curious technologist and stay on top of emerging trends, including prototyping of nascent technologies. You are not afraid to question any existing processes and solutions, yet you display a keen sense of business value proposition and focus on the right priorities.
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.
**You will: **
- Design, build and deliver meaningful consumer products powered by the latest technology with a focus bringing cohesiveness and development to features for for web and mobile
- Need to wear the ‘Product hat’ with deep empathy for the customer while helping to inform and develop the technology strategy, roadmap and vision for the platforms you own while delivering application capabilities
- Partner with a cross-functional team of engineers, research scientists, technical program managers, and product managers to evolve how our customers interact with Capital One and Velocity Black
- Work within and across teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions across a full-stack of development tools and technologies
- Develop and leverage trusted relationships across Architecture, Design, and other Technology leaders to ensure strategic alignment across key Velocity Black and broader Digital Commerce and Innovation initiatives
- Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of our solutions
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 7 years of software engineering or software development experience
- At least 5 years of experience with cloud native technologies (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Masters’ Degree in Computer Science or related field
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering or software development
- 7+ years of experience with public cloud providers (Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure)
- 5+ years of experience in building large scale, customer facing systems
- 5+ years of experience in Agile practices
- 3+ years of experience in modernizing technology stacks
- 2+ years of experience in fintech or a startup
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: $269,100 - $307,200 for Distinguished Engineer
New York, NY: $293,600 - $335,100 for Distinguished Engineer
Richmond, VA: $244,700 - $279,200 for 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 Capital One Careers website. 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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