Capital One
Staff Full-Stack Engineer
$269K–$307K
McLean, VA · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 25, 2026
- Experience
- At least 7 years in each of the stated basic-qualification areas; preferred qualifications include multiple experience thresholds ranging from 2 to 10+ years.
- 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
Leads technical strategy and hands-on engineering for a scalable, multi-tenant payment platform supporting payment network integrations and batch and real-time settlement.
What you'll do
- Define platform architecture and long-term technical strategy, including modernization to microservices and event-driven systems.
- Ensure high-quality design and implementation, review critical code repositories, and address performance, scalability, and operability.
- Mentor engineers and lead cross-divisional work to advance engineering practices and platform capabilities.
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.
- At least 7 years of experience in enterprise architecture and design patterns.
- At least 7 years of experience in cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud) and data architecture.
Nice to have
- Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering.
- Expertise in the strategic application of agentic AI coding tools to solve systemic development challenges.
Pay
$269,100 - $307,200 USD base salary
Tools
AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, Java, Python
AI focus
Strategic application of agentic AI coding tools to solve systemic development challenges; preferred qualification.
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