Sr. Distinguished Engineer - Personalized Mobile Experience

As a Senior 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 Senior 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.

Senior 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.

The Senior Distinguished Engineer (Senior Director IC) will be a part of the Consumer Experience Platform organization leading a strategic and systematic approach to challenging technical problems and seeing them to completion. We are seeking an expert in modern front-end development with deep knowledge of topics such as mobile app dev, personalized experiences, and client security. Additionally, you are comfortable with a vast range of other technical topics, including backend development, DevOps, microservices, containers, and web development.

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

• Technical Expertise:

  • Serve as the top technical authority on customer experience development, offering guidance and solutions for complex technical challenges.

  • Review and approve architectural decisions, code quality, and technical decisions related to Android development.

• Quality Assurance:

  • Establish and enforce coding standards, best practices, and quality control measures to ensure the delivery of high quality client applications.

  • Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to developers.

• Stakeholder Communications:

  • Communicate project status, risks, and technical insights to senior management and stakeholders.

  • Foster a collaborative environment that encourages open communication and teamwork.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree

• At least 9 years of software engineering or software development experience

• At least 5 years of experience with client application development, including web technologies (TypeScript) and mobile frameworks (iOS, Android)

• At least 2 years experience building and owning product workloads with GraphQL

• At least 5 years of experience with cloud native technologies

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Masters' Degree in Computer Science or related field

• 10+ years of software engineering or software development experience

• 8+ years of experience with client application development, including web technologies (TypeScript, GraphQL) and mobile frameworks (iOS, Android)

• 3+ years experience building and owning product workloads with GraphQL at enterprise scale

• 3+ years of experience with Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, or other public cloud providers

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

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.

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