Senior Distinguished Software Engineer - Remote Eligible

Capital One

Senior Distinguished Engineer at Capital One working on cloud architecture modernization and high-performance distributed systems. Leading technical contributions and mentoring across engineering teams.

Posted 4/14/2026full-timeRemote • Illinois, New York, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $286,200 - $392,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsGoJavaPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domain
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

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree
At least 9 years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture
At least 9 years of experience in Enterprise architecture and design patterns
Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field
10+ years of professional experience coding in commonly used languages like Java, Python, Go
10+ years of professional experience in the full lifecycle of system development, from conception through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment and production support
3+ years of experience with public or private cloud technologies
5+ years of experience architecting and leading the large-scale modernization of complex, legacy platforms into resilient, cloud-native environments.
5+ years of experience building high-performance distributed systems capable of seamless horizontal scaling to support massive transaction volumes and global-scale data throughput

Benefits

Comp & perks

Capital One offers a 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 patternsJavaPythonGosystem development lifecyclecloud technologieshigh-performance distributed systems

Soft Skills

technical vision articulationproblem decompositionquality assurancementoringcoachingtime managementcommunity engagement

Certifications

Bachelor's DegreeMaster's Degree in Computer Science