Distinguished Engineer – Risk Tech

Capital One

Distinguished Engineer defining the future of banking in cloud technology at Capital One. Leading technical strategies and developing AI-driven risk management solutions collaboratively.

Posted 4/14/2026full-timeRemote • Massachusetts, New York, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $244,700 - $335,100 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudPrometheus

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for embedding AI and automated code transformation into the developer lifecycle
Decompose complex problems into practical and operational solutions
Ensure the quality of technical design and implementation
Serve as an authoritative expert on non-functional system characteristics, such as performance, scalability and operability
Continue learning and injecting advanced technical knowledge into our community
Handle several projects simultaneously, balancing your time to maximize impact
Act as a role model and mentor within the tech community, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community
Ensure Code is of the highest quality & standard while being an active contributor and reviewer on critical repos of the application
Develop full stack applications with a product engineering mindset, spanning frontend and backend ecosystems that balance simplicity with flexibility

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree
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 5 years of experience in Cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
At least 5 years of experience in Data architecture including Event Driven and Real-Time architectures
Experience in applying Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learning concepts to engineering challenges (e.g., anomaly detection, test optimization, intelligent testing)
Deep practical knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, chaos engineering, and advanced Observability tooling (e.g., OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Tracing)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being.

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Hard Skills & Tools

software engineeringsolution architectureenterprise architecturedesign patternscloud computingdata architectureevent driven architecturereal-time architectureartificial intelligencemachine learning

Soft Skills

technical visionproblem decompositionquality assurancementorshipproject managementcommunity engagementcommunicationleadership

Certifications

Bachelor's Degree