Distinguished Engineer (Remote - Eligible)

Capital One
Remote / Cambridge, MA / McLean, VA2026-04-20Full time

About the job

As a Distinguished Engineer at Capital One, you will be a part of a community of technical experts working to define the future of banking in the cloud. You will work alongside our talented team of developers, machine learning experts, product managers and people leaders. Our Distinguished Engineers are leading experts in their domains, helping devise practical and reusable solutions to complex problems. You will drive innovation at multiple levels, helping optimize business outcomes while driving towards strong technology solutions.

Responsibilities

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 c

Qualifications

Minimum

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

Preferred

Bachelors' or Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field

10+ years of experience in Software Engineering and solution architecture

10+ years of professional experience coding in commonly used languages like Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, Swift, etc.

8+  years of professional experience in the full lifecycle of system development, from conception through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment and production support

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)

Experience in implementing Artificial Intelligence or Artificial Intelligence-enabled solutions