Capital One
Senior Staff Full-Stack Engineer (Sr. Director - IC)
$343K–$392K
New York, NY · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Experience
- At least 9 years in the listed areas. Preferred: 10+ years coding and in full-lifecycle system development; 3+ years with public or private cloud technologies.
- Education
- Bachelor’s Degree; preferred Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.
About the job
Leads hands-on engineering and platform strategy for cloud-based banking systems, modernizing monoliths and shaping scalable, reusable solutions across the organization.
What you'll do
- Set technical vision, ensure design and implementation quality, and advise on performance, scalability, and operability.
- Modernize monolithic systems into microservices and event-driven platforms; define platform strategy and API standards with senior leaders.
- Lead cross-divisional initiatives while mentoring engineers and sharing technical expertise.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s Degree.
- At least 9 years of experience in general software; software engineering and solution architecture; enterprise architecture and design patterns; software specializations; web technologies; full ML development lifecycle using AI and ML frameworks; cloud computing; and data architecture.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- 10+ years coding and full-lifecycle system development experience; 3+ years with public or private cloud technologies; experience leveraging interactive AI tooling beyond basic code completion.
Pay
$343,400 - $392,000 USD base salary
Tools
JavaScript, TypeScript, SPA frameworks, AI and ML frameworks, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Java, Python, Go, Swift
AI focus
Experience with the full ML development lifecycle using AI and ML frameworks is required; leveraging interactive AI tooling beyond basic code completion is preferred.
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