Distinguished Engineer – Technical Lead

Capital One

Distinguished Engineer leading technical strategies for cloud banking solutions at Capital One. Mentoring teams and driving technological excellence across card acquisitions engineering.

Posted 7/20/2026full-timeRemote • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $244,700 - $279,200 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Software Engineering and Solution Architecture, with a strong focus on API Design, Microservices Architecture, and Cloud Technologies. Capable of driving technical excellence and fostering a culture of continuous modernization while mentoring and guiding cross-functional teams.

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Software EngineeringSolution ArchitectureAPI DesignMicroservices ArchitectureCloud Technologies

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Hard Skills

JavaPythonGoJavaScriptTypeScriptSwiftEnterprise ArchitectureDesign PatternsTechnical DesignBackend Architecture

Soft Skills

MentoringCollaborationProblem SolvingCommunicationLeadership

Certifications & Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree

Industry Keywords

Technical VisionOperational ExcellenceHigh AvailabilityHigh ThroughputProduct Strategy

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudGoJavaJavaScriptMicroservicesPythonSwiftTypeScript

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
Design, build, and maintain a resilient, high-performance ecosystem that supports aggressive portfolio growth while upholding strict standards of operational excellence.
Maximize the efficiency, intelligence, and capability of core credit decisioning systems.
Simplify and modernize backend architectures to significantly compress the feature delivery lifecycle.
Engineer advanced, flexible frontend capabilities that allow the business to rapidly deploy new applicant user flows, custom segment experiences, and real-time product offers.
Act as the technical catalyst that transforms raw business intents into scalable software solutions, ensuring engineering teams can pivot and deploy features with maximum agility.
Drive Technical Excellence: Foster a culture of continuous modernization, guiding cross-functional teams to build modular, reusable codebases that eliminate technical silos across the Acquisitions domain.

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
7+ years of professional experience coding in commonly used languages like Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, Swift, etc.
4+ years of experience with API design, microservices architecture, and platform evolution in high availability, high throughput environments
Demonstrated ability to partner with product management and business stakeholders to co-own product strategy
3+ years of experience with public or private cloud technologies.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Flexible work hours
Paid time off
Remote work options
Performance based incentive compensation