Distinguished Engineer

Job Description

OverviewDistinguished EngineerAs a 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. In a world where digital identity is constantly under attack, traditional authentication methods like SMS OTP and GovID are failing. They are high-friction for customers and increasingly vulnerable to sophisticated fraud and social engineering. The AirKey (https://airkey.

com/) team is a startup-like organization within Capital One built to solve this problem. We have developed and proven a breakthrough “tap-to-authenticate” technology that turns the bank-issued credit and debit cards already in a customer’s wallet into a highly secure hardware token.

After successfully scaling this technology to over 85 million cards , our mission is to commercialize it and build a global, distributed identity network. As a Distinguished Engineer on this team, you will serve as the chief architect for this new, industry-wide platform. You will provide the technical vision and architectural leadership to build a world-class, scalable, and resilient network capable of connecting numerous banks, partners, and merchants.

This is a rare opportunity to define the foundational technology for a new global identity ecosystem. 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 commercializable 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 capabilitiesPartner with a cross-functional team of engineers, technical program managers, and product managers to evolve how our customers interact with Capital One and AirKeyWork within and across teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions across a full-stack of development tools and technologiesDevelop and leverage trusted relationships across Architecture, Design, and other Technology leaders to ensure strategic alignment across key AirKey and broader Organizational initiatives Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of our solutionsKey responsibilities:Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domainDecompose complex problems into practical and operational solutionsEnsure the quality of technical design and implementationServe as an authoritative expert on non-functional system characteristics, such as performance, scalability and operabilityContinue learning and injecting advanced technical knowledge into our communityHandle several projects simultaneously, balancing your time to maximize impactAct 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 communityBasic Qualifications:Bachelor’s DegreeAt least 7 years of experience in General software Software engineering and solution architectureAt least 7 years of experience with cloud native technologies (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)At least 7 years of experience with building solutions on Distributed NetworksPreferred Qualifications: Bachelor’s or Masters’ Degree in Computer Science or related field 10+ years of experience in software engineering or software development7+ years of experience with public cloud providers (Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure) 7+ years of experience in modernizing technology stacks5+ years of experience in Agile practices2+ years of experience in Fintech or a startupCapital 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. Chicago, IL: $239,900 – $273,800 for Distinguished Engineer

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