Capital One
Staff Full-Stack Engineer (Director - IC)
$245K–$307K
McLean, VA +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Location
- McLean, VA
Richmond, VA - Experience
- At least 7 years in each of the listed basic-qualification areas; preferred experience includes multiple requirements 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.
About the job
Leads hands-on technical design and modernization of banking platforms, while setting architecture direction, improving engineering practices, and mentoring technical teams.
What you'll do
- Define technical vision and architecture standards; ensure quality of design and implementation.
- Modernize monolithic systems into microservices and event-driven platforms, and advise on performance, scalability, and operability.
- Lead cross-divisional projects and mentor engineers while contributing directly to technical solutions.
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 strategically applying GenAI and agentic solutions to systemic development challenges.
Pay
$269,100 - $307,200 USD base salary (McLean, VA); $244,700 - $279,200 USD base salary (Richmond, VA)
Tools
AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, Java, Python
AI focus
Strategic application of GenAI and agentic solutions to solve systemic development challenges; preferred experience also includes designing and building distributed HPC and ML systems.
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