Distinguished Engineer - API Platform (graphql)(remote - eligible) - Remote Eligible

Distinguished Engineer - Api Platform (GraphQL)

As a distinguished engineer at Capital One, you will be 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. At Capital One, we believe diversity of thought strengthens our ability to influence, collaborate, and provide the most innovative solutions across organizational boundaries. You will promote a culture of engineering excellence, and strike the right balance between lending expertise and providing an inclusive environment where the ideas of others can be heard and championed. You will lead the way in creating next-generation talent for Capital One Tech, mentoring internal talent and actively recruiting to keep building our community. Distinguished engineers are expected to lead through technical contribution. You will operate as a trusted advisor for our key technologies, platforms, and capability domains, creating clear and concise communications, code samples, blog posts, and other material to share knowledge both inside and outside the organization. You will specialize in a particular subject area, but your input and impact will be sought and expected throughout the organization. If you are ready to provide thought leadership and build engineering excellence across Capital One’s engineering teams, come join us in our mission to change banking for good.

Key responsibilities:

• 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

Basic qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• At least 7 years of experience in general software
• At least 7 years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture

Preferred qualifications:

• 10+ years of professional experience coding in one of the following software engineering languages (Golang, Rust, JavaScript, Python, or Java)
• 10+ years of professional experience in the full lifecycle of system development, from conception through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support
• 5+ years of experience designing, building, and operating large scale distributed systems
• 5+ years of experience with AWS
• 5+ years of experience with DevOps and AWS IaC
• 3+ years of experience with GraphQL technologies
• 3+ years of experience with authentication and authorization technologies (implementing GraphQL security including fine-grained authorizations, rate limiting, query complexity analysis)
• 3+ years of experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
• Experience operating with a Site Reliability (SRE) mindset and culture

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.

• Remote (regardless of location): $239,900 - $273,800 for distinguished engineer
• McLean, VA: $263,900 - $301,200 for distinguished engineer
• New York, NY: $287,800 - $328,500 for distinguished engineer
• Richmond, VA: $239,900 - $273,800 for distinguished engineer

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location. 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 the Capital One Careers website.

Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level. This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days. No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. 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.