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  Category Engineering
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  Experience Director
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  Primary Address McLean, Virginia

Overview

Locations: VA - McLean, United States of America, McLean, VirginiaDistinguished Engineer - Enterprise Data (Remote Eligible)

Distinguished Engineers (Director-level) are individual contributors who strive to be diverse in thought so we visualize the problem space. At Capital One, we believe diversity of thought strengthens our ability to influence, collaborate and provide the most innovative solutions across organizational boundaries. Distinguished Engineers will significantly impact our trajectory and devise clear roadmaps to deliver next generation technology solutions.

The Distinguished Engineer within the Chief Data Architect Office will oversee the design, development, and implementation of data-focused software architecture and engineering for data products and solutions across Capital One. This leadership role will also lead large-scale Capital One architecture initiatives from inception to implementation while measuring efficacy based on achieved business objectives and desired outcomes. Additionally, a major component of this role is mentoring and shaping the Distinguished Engineer and Architect communities in terms of professional career development, supporting the evolution of the architect practice through influential patterns and collaborative thinking, as well as, demonstrating and modeling senior architect skills and abilities for aspiring architects.

Distinguished Engineers are...

• Deep technical experts and thought leaders that help accelerate adoption of the very best engineering practices, while maintaining knowledge on industry innovations, trends and practices

• Visionaries, collaborating on Capital One’s toughest issues, to deliver on business needs that directly impact the lives of our customers and associates

• Role models and mentors, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community

• Evangelists, both internally and externally, helping to elevate the Distinguished Engineering community and establish themselves as a go-to resource on given technologies and technology-enabled capabilities

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate, advise and guide large line of business organizations on executing proper product development and prioritization through techniques such as experienced Lean Product Development methodologies

• Use considerable experience to actively excise “false precision” in engineering and architecture by mapping industry standard architecture patterns, practices and styles to prioritized product features in service of concrete business outcomes

• Ability to conduct enterprise-wide rationalization of platforms, technologies, initiatives and capabilities to advise on a range of strategic and enterprise technology investments and capabilities that will help Capital One achieve transformative outcomes 

• Build awareness, increase knowledge and drive adoption of modern technologies, sharing consumer and engineering benefits to gain buy-in

• Strike the right balance between lending expertise and providing an inclusive environment where others’ ideas can be heard and championed; leverage expertise to grow skills in the broader Capital One team

• Promote a culture of engineering excellence, using opportunities to reuse and innersource solutions where possible

• Effectively communicate with and influence key stakeholders across the enterprise, at all levels of the organization

• Operate as a trusted advisor for a specific technology, platform or capability domain, helping to shape use cases and implementation in an unified manner

• Lead the way in creating next-generation talent for Tech, mentoring internal talent and actively recruiting external talent to bolster Capital One’s Tech talent

Capital One is open to hiring a Remote Employee for this opportunity.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree 

• At least 7 years software engineering or software development experience

• At least 3 years experience with public Cloud

• At least 3 years experience with solutions or application architecture

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters’ Degree 

• 9+ years of software engineering or software development experience

• 5+ years with AWS, GCP, or Azure

• 3+ years experience with developing and implementing target architectures

• 3+ years experience designing and building enterprise platform solutions

Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

Location is New York City: $269,400 - $307,500 for Distinguished Engineer; $269,400 - $307,500 for Distinguished Data EngineerLocation is San Francisco, California: $285,400 - $325,700 for Distinguished Engineer; $285,400 - $325,700 for Distinguished Data EngineerRemote roles in other areas of New York & California, and across Colorado & Washington: $228,300 - $260,600 for Distinguished Engineer; $228,300 $260,600 for Distinguished Data Engineer

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.

This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at theCapital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

No agencies please. Capital One is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, physical and mental disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/assignment, citizenship, pregnancy or maternity, protected veteran status, or any other status prohibited by applicable national, federal, state or local law. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

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