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Distinguished Engineer (Card Tech)

at Capital One Financial

📍 3 Locations Unknown 💰 $244K – $279K USD / year Posted April 15, 2026
Salary $244K – $279K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience executive
Exp. Years Not specified
Education Not specified
Category Software Engineering

Distinguished Engineer role focused on defining the future of banking in the cloud and leading technical innovation for Card Technology. You will architect target-state application architecture and support development teams while ensuring strong non-functional outcomes.

  • Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision
  • Architect the target state application architecture
  • Ensure the quality of technical design and implementation
  • Serve as an expert on performance, scalability and operability
  • Mentor and drive engineering excellence across teams

This role emphasizes architecture and platform transformation: migrating legacy systems to a modern technology stack. The engineering scope is centered on non-functional system characteristics including performance, scalability, security, maintainability, and operability for highly available, customer-facing services.

The ideal candidate is a senior-to-distinguished engineering leader who can architect target-state application architecture and guide platform transformation from legacy systems to a modern technology stack. They are a trusted technical advisor who is strong in non-functional requirements (performance, scalability, operability, security) and actively mentor and evangelize best practices.

Architecting the target state application architectureProviding technical support to development teamsServe as an authoritative expert on non-functional system characteristics such as performancescalability and operabilityEnsure the quality of technical design and implementationArticulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domainDecompose complex problems into practical and operational solutions
Experience with Card Technology platformsExperience migrating legacy systems to a modern technology stackExperience with highly available and scalable customer-facing services
Distinguished Engineertarget state application architectureplatform transformationlegacy systems migrationperformancescalabilitysecuritymaintainabilityoperabilitytechnical designimplementationmentoringtechnical evangelismcode samplesblog posts
Cloud bankingArchitecting target state application architecturePlatform transformationMigrating from legacy systems to a modern technology stackNon-functional system characteristicsPerformanceScalabilitySecurityMaintainabilityOperabilityContinuous learningTechnical design qualityTechnical implementation supportHigh availability and scalable critical servicesTechnical evangelism and knowledge sharingTechnical mentoringCode samplesBlog postsDecomposing complex problems into practical solutions
Technical vision leadershipEvangelizing ideasCollaboration across organizational boundariesMentoringCommunication (clear and concise)Role-modeling and coachingMulti-project managementBalancing time to maximize impact
Industry Banking
Job Function Provide technical leadership and architecture for Card Technology platform transformation
Role Subtype Platform Engineer
Distinguished EngineerDistinguished Engineerstrusted advisortechnical visionevangelizedecompose complex problemstechnical designimplementationnon-functional system characteristicsperformancescalabilityoperabilitymaintainabilitysecuritycontinuous learningmentoringcode samplesblog postsarchitecting target state application architectureplatform transformationmigrating from legacy systemsmodern technology stackhighly availablescalable critical servicescustomer-facing applicationsapplication architecturelegacy systems migration

Ability to architect target state application architecture, Ability to serve as an authoritative expert on non-functional system characteristics such as performance, scalability and operability

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