Distinguished Engineer – Global Payment Network

Capital One

Distinguished Engineer shaping the future of payments in the cloud at Capital One. Leading technical advancements by mentoring teams and delivering innovative solutions.

Posted 6/10/2026full-timeMcLean • Illinois, Texas, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $244,700 - $307,200 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsGoJavaJavaScriptPythonSwiftTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domain
Decompose complex problems into practical solutions that deliver functional requirements
Leverage agentic AI to accelerate delivery of modernized systems
Drive quality of technical design and implementation
Serve as an authoritative expert on non-functional system characteristics
Constantly learn new technical skills
Handle multiple concurrent engagements
Act as a role model and mentor across the tech community

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree
At least 7 years of experience in software engineering
At least 5 years of experience designing distributed systems
At least 5 years of experience with public cloud technologies
10+ years of experience coding in commonly used languages (e.g. Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, Swift)
8+ years of professional experience in the full lifecycle of system development
7+ years of experience meeting high performance and resiliency requirements
Experience with payments and related standards (e.g. PCI-DSS)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Retirement plans
Paid time off
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development
Performance based incentive compensation including cash bonuses and/or long term incentives (LTI)

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Hard Skills & Tools

software engineeringdistributed systems designpublic cloud technologiesJavaPythonGoJavaScriptTypeScriptSwiftsystem development lifecycle

Soft Skills

technical vision articulationproblem decompositionquality assurancementorshiplearning agilitymulti-taskingrole modeling

Certifications

Bachelor's Degree