What are the responsibilities and job description for the Chief Engineer - Card Decisioning position at Capital One?
As a Chief Engineer at Capital One, you'll join a dynamic team of technical experts dedicated to shaping the future of banking in the cloud. You will collaborate with a talented group of developers, machine learning specialists, product managers, and leaders to deliver innovative solutions that drive business success.
At Capital One, we recognize that diverse perspectives foster creativity and collaboration, ensuring we deliver the most impactful solutions across our organization. You'll advocate for a culture of engineering excellence while encouraging an inclusive environment where all ideas are valued. Additionally, your role will include mentoring emerging talent and actively recruiting to strengthen our technical community.
In this position, you will lead by example with technical contributions. As a trusted advisor on key technologies and platforms, your role will involve creating and sharing clear communications, code samples, blog posts, and more to disseminate knowledge both internally and externally. You will have a specialization but will also have a broad impact across the organization.
About the team :
Capital One's Card Decisioning team manages risk and enhances business value across the customer lifecycle, offering real-time, accurate, secure, and AI-powered decision-making solutions for customer transactions, fraud detection, alerts, credit inquiries, and applications related to card, lending, and banking products.
In this role, you'll engage with our decisioning platform team to offer architectural guidance and technical leadership, contributing to a top-tier platform that is scalable, resilient, multi-tenant, and capable of supporting various use cases.
You will collaborate with other Chief Engineers to develop high-level designs and assist Software Engineers in engineering the envisioned products. Your responsibilities include fostering industry-leading engineering culture and enhancing the developer experience. You will also provide mentorship and strategic guidance to engineering, product, and leadership groups.
If you are ready to provide thought leadership and drive engineering excellence across Capital One’s teams, we invite you to join us on our mission to revolutionize banking.
Key responsibilities :
Articulate and advocate for a bold technical vision in your domain.
Break down complex problems into actionable and operational solutions.
Ensure high standards for technical design and implementation quality.
Be an authority on non-functional system attributes, including performance, scalability, observability, and operability.
Continuously learn and integrate advanced technical knowledge into our community.
Manage multiple projects simultaneously, effectively optimizing your time for maximum impact.
Serve as a role model and mentor within the technical community, enhancing the expertise of our engineering and product teams.
Apply sound judgment in delegating tasks to foster the growth of individual contributors and mentor the next generation of Chief Engineers.
Basic Qualifications :
Bachelor's Degree.
At least 7 years of experience as a hands-on full stack or backend technologist.
At least 5 years of professional experience in coding with commonly used languages such as Java, Python, Go, etc.
At least 5 years of experience in software engineering, enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or data architecture and site reliability engineering.
At least 3 years of experience with cloud native technologies (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud).
Preferred Qualifications :
Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
10 years of experience in the complete system development lifecycle, from conception through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support.
8 years of experience designing large-scale, resilient applications.
3 years of experience in developing a large-scale platform.
Familiarity with security engineering and architecture, cloud, and software-defined networking.
The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below :
Chicago, IL : $239,900 - $273,800
McLean, VA : $263,900 - $301,200
Richmond, VA : $239,900 - $273,800
This position is also eligible for performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonuses and / or long-term incentives.
Capital One offers a comprehensive and competitive array of health, financial, and other benefits that support your overall well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website.
Capital One is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering diversity and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected status.
Salary : $239,900 - $273,800
