Capital One
Staff Full-Stack Engineer
$245K–$307K
Chicago, IL +4 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 7, 2026
- Location
- Chicago, IL
McLean, VA
Richmond, VA
Plano, TX
Riverwoods, IL - Experience
- At least 7 years across the specified basic-qualification areas. Preferred experience ranges from 2+ to 10+ years, depending on the area.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field; preferred: Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering.
- Visa sponsorship
- Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.
About the job
Lead technical vision and hands-on engineering for cloud-native digital payment and tokenization platforms that support secure, high-volume money movement.
What you'll do
- Define technical direction, architecture standards, and practical solutions; ensure design and implementation quality, performance, scalability, and operability.
- Modernize monolithic systems into microservices and event-driven platforms, and contribute to resilient payment systems and platform strategy.
- Mentor engineers, share technical expertise, and lead cross-divisional projects and architectural reviews.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
- At least 7 years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture, enterprise architecture and design patterns, cloud computing, and data architecture.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering; extensive experience across coding, distributed systems, cloud platforms, databases, networking, and technical leadership.
- Expertise in the strategic application of agentic AI coding tools to solve systemic development challenges.
Pay
$244,700 - $279,200 USD base salary (Chicago, IL); $269,100 - $307,200 USD base salary (McLean, VA); $244,700 - $279,200 USD base salary (Plano, TX); $244,700 - $279,200 USD base salary (Richmond, VA); $244,700 - $279,200 USD base salary (Riverwoods, IL)
Tools
AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, Java, Python
AI focus
Uses AI tooling, including Claude Code, Windsurf, and custom AI agents, to accelerate development; preferred expertise applies agentic AI coding tools to systemic development challenges.
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