Distinguished Software Engineer - Director

Company: Capital One
Location: Georgetown
Posted on: July 31, 2020

Job Description:

1 Broadway (21026), United States of America, Cambridge, Massachusetts At Capital One, we’re building a leading information-based technology company. Still founder-led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Fairbank, Capital One is on a mission to help our customers succeed by bringing ingenuity, simplicity, and humanity to banking. We measure our efforts by the success our customers enjoy and the advocacy they exhibit. We are succeeding because they are succeeding.

Guided by our shared values, we thrive in an environment where collaboration and openness are valued. We believe that innovation is powered by perspective and that teamwork and respect for each other lead to superior results. We elevate each other and obsess about doing the right thing. Our associates serve with humility and a deep respect for their responsibility in helping our customers achieve their goals and realize their dreams. Together, we are on a quest to change banking for good.

Distinguished Software Engineer - Director At Capital One, we believe in the values of excellence and doing the right thing. We are a technology-oriented company delivering financial  products to market through modern technology and constant innovation at a massive scale.

Distinguished Engineers are...

Deep technical experts and thought leaders that help accelerate adoption of the very best engineering practices, while maintaining knowledge on industry innovations, trends and practices

Visionaries, collaborating on Capital One’s toughest issues, to deliver on business needs that directly impact the lives of our customers and associates

Role models and mentors, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community

Evangelists, both internally and externally, helping to elevate the Distinguished Engineering community and establish themselves as a go-to resource on given technologies and technology-enabled capabilities

Leaders who gain the trust and confidence of those around them, from hands on engineers to executives

Whether a member of our engineering or architecture teams, Distinguished Engineers are individual contributors expected to solve problems in a fast-paced, collaborative, and iterative delivery environment. In order to meet these demands, candidates should be influential engineering leaders with deep technology expertise, and a collaborative style that brings others into the decision-making process. Distinguished Engineers will significantly impact the Tech agenda within their organization and devise clear roadmaps to deliver next generation technology solutions across organizational boundaries.

Responsibilities :

Design and develop cutting-edge solutions, using existing and emerging technology platforms

Leverage sound judgment and problem solving to tackle some of Capital One’s most critical problems and connect the dots to broader implications of the work

Build awareness, increase knowledge and drive adoption of modern technologies and architecture patterns, sharing customer and engineering benefits to gain buy-in

Strike the right balance between lending expertise and providing an inclusive environment where others’ ideas can be heard and championed; leverage expertise to grow skills in the broader Capital One team

Promote a culture of engineering excellence and being well-managed, using opportunities to reuse and innersource solutions where possible

Effectively communicate with and influence key stakeholders across the enterprise, at all levels of the organization

Operate as a trusted advisor for a specific technology, platform or capability domain, helping to shape use cases and implementation in an integrated manner

Design, architect, and help implement a recommendation engine to help Capital One engineering teams comply with open source software version policies and procedures

Operate as a trusted advisor for a specific technology, platform or capability domain, helping to shape use cases and implementation in an integrated manner

Lead the way in creating next-generation talent for Tech, mentoring internal talent and actively recruiting external talent to bolster Capital One’s Tech talent

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree

At least 8 years experience in Linux or containerized development

At least 4 years writing unit tests, code review, and analysis

At least 2 years of experience in Kubernetes Application Development and Administration

At least 2 years of experience with Go programming language

Preferred Qualifications:

Masters’ Degree or higher in computer science

4+ years of experience with  AWS Cloud and Cloud Native application development

4+ years of experience with GitHub SDLC practices and configuring CI/CD

4+ years of experience with the Go programming language

2+ years of Open Policy Agent (OPA) experience including rule authoring and integration

Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) or Cloud Native Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification

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

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