Capital One
Staff Full-stack Engineer (Director - IC)
$269K–$307K
McLean, VA · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Experience
- At least 7 years in each of the listed basic-qualification areas. Preferred experience includes 10+ years in several areas, 8+ years in database systems and public cloud or virtualization, 5+ years mentoring senior engineers, and 2+ years leading architectural reviews.
- 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 hands-on engineering and architecture for cloud-based banking platforms, modernizing systems and setting technical direction while mentoring engineers.
What you'll do
- Set technical vision and ensure the quality, performance, scalability, and operability of system design and implementation.
- Modernize monoliths into microservices and event-driven platforms; help define platform strategy and API standards.
- Lead cross-divisional technical initiatives and mentor engineers while contributing directly to projects.
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.
- Expertise in the strategic application of agentic AI coding tools to solve systemic development challenges.
Pay
$269,100 - $307,200 USD base salary (McLean, VA)
Tools
AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, Java, Python
AI focus
Preferred expertise in strategic application of agentic AI coding tools to solve systemic development challenges; preferred experience designing and building distributed HPC and ML systems.
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