Capital One · 11 hours ago
Distinguished Engineer - AirKey
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$288K/yr - $328K/yr
7+ years expCapital One is a leading financial institution focused on redefining banking in the cloud. As a Distinguished Engineer, you will architect and lead the development of a groundbreaking identity platform, working to innovate and optimize solutions for secure digital authentication.
BankingCredit CardsFinanceFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Design, build and deliver meaningful commercializable products powered by the latest technology with a focus bringing cohesiveness and development to features for for web and mobile
Need to wear the ‘Product hat’ with deep empathy for the customer while helping to inform and develop the technology strategy, roadmap and vision for the platforms you own while delivering application capabilities
Partner with a cross-functional team of engineers, technical program managers, and product managers to evolve how our customers interact with Capital One and AirKey
Work within and across teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions across a full-stack of development tools and technologies
Develop and leverage trusted relationships across Architecture, Design, and other Technology leaders to ensure strategic alignment across key AirKey and broader Organizational initiatives
Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of our solutions
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
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree
At least 7 years of experience in General software Software engineering and solution architecture
At least 7 years of experience with cloud native technologies (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
At least 7 years of experience with building solutions on Distributed Networks
Preferred
Bachelor's or Masters' Degree in Computer Science or related field
10+ years of experience in software engineering or software development
7+ years of experience with public cloud providers (Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure)
7+ years of experience in modernizing technology stacks
5+ years of experience in Agile practices
2+ years of experience in Fintech or a startup
Benefits
Performance based incentive compensation
Cash bonus(es)
Long term incentives (LTI)
Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits
Company
Capital One
Capital One is a financial services company that provides banking, credit card, auto loan, savings, and commercial banking services.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$5.45BKey Investors
Berkshire Hathaway
2025-09-11Post Ipo Debt· $2.75B
2025-01-30Post Ipo Debt· $1.75B
2023-05-15Post Ipo Equity· $954M
Leadership Team
Lo Li
CTO, Managing Vice President Retail Bank
Daniel Arellano
Senior Vice President, Business Cards and Payments
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