Hiring: Distinguished Engineer (Decisioning Platform) Company: Capital One Location: New York, NY Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 18:09:16 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Azure, Cloud Native, Elasticsearch, GCP, Java, Python About the job Experience: •7 years of experience as hands on full stack or backend technologist •5 years of professional experience coding in commonly used languages like Java, Python, Go •5 years of experience in software engineering, architecture, solution architecture, site reliability engineering •3 years of experience in cloud native technologies (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud) •10+ years of professional experience in the full lifecycle of system development, from conception through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment and production support Required Skills: •Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your area of responsibility •Decompose complex problems into practical and operational solutions by willing to write code and create low level designs •Ensure the quality of technical design and implementation •Serve as an authoritative expert on non-functional system characteristics, such as performance, scalability, observability 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 •Demonstrated capacity to apply the right level of judgement on delegation of work to mentor individual contributors and thereby help to mentor and coach next generation of distinguished engineers Qualifications: •Bachelor’s Degree •At least 3 years of experience in cloud native technologies (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud) •Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field •Operational familiarity with AI agents, agent orchestration and architecture •Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position. •McLean, VA: $269,100 - $307,200 for Distinguished Engineer •New York, NY: $293,600 - $335,100 for Distinguished Engineer •Richmond, VA: $244,700 - $279,200 for Distinguished Engineer Compensation: •$269,100 - $307,200 / year •This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!