Capital One
Staff Full-Stack Engineer (Director - IC)
$245K–$335K
McLean, VA +4 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Location
- McLean, VA
San Francisco, CA
Cambridge, MA
Richmond, VA
Plano, TX - Experience
- At least 7 years in each of the specified basic-qualification areas; preferred experience includes 10+ years in several areas, 8+ years in database systems and public cloud technologies, 5+ years mentoring senior engineers, and 2+ years leading cross-domain architectural reviews.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field; a Master's Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering is preferred.
- 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 cloud banking platforms, modernizing systems and guiding architecture, implementation, and engineering teams.
What you'll do
- Set technical vision, ensure design and implementation quality, and guide platform strategy and API standards.
- Modernize monoliths into microservices and event-driven platforms; lead cross-divisional technical initiatives.
- Contribute hands-on, mentor engineers, and share technical knowledge across the organization.
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
USD $269,100 - $307,200 base salary (Cambridge, MA); USD $269,100 - $307,200 base salary (McLean, VA); USD $244,700 - $279,200 base salary (Plano, TX); USD $244,700 - $279,200 base salary (Richmond, VA); USD $293,600 - $335,100 base salary (San Francisco, CA)
Tools
AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, Python, Rust
AI focus
Preferred expertise applying agentic AI coding tools to solve systemic development challenges; preferred experience designing and building distributed HPC and ML systems.
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