Sr. Distinguished Engineer
$114K - $156K/yr
Sr. Distinguished Engineer As a Sr. 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 ...
$114K - $156K/yr
Sr. Distinguished Engineer As a Sr. 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 ...
$114K - $156K/yr
Sr. Distinguished Engineer As a Sr. 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 ...
Distinguished Engineer - Software Engineering As a 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.
Distinguished Engineer - Software Engineering As a 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.
Distinguished Engineer (Remote - Eligible) As a 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 ...
Distinguished Engineer (Remote - Eligible) As a 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 ...
Distinguished Engineer (Remote - Eligible) As a 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 ...
Distinguished Engineer (Remote - Eligible) As a 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 ...
Distinguished Engineer (Remote - Eligible) As a 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 ...
Distinguished Engineer (Remote - Eligible) As a 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 ...
Distinguished Engineer, Full Stack (Remote Eligible) As a 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 ...
Distinguished Engineer, Full Stack (Remote Eligible) As a 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 ...
Distinguished Engineer, Full Stack (Remote Eligible) As a 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 ...
Distinguished Engineer, Full Stack (Remote Eligible) As a 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 ...
Cambridge, MA · On-site +1
$133K - $176K/yr
Senior Distinguished Engineer, AI Compute (Remote Eligible) At Capital One, we are creating responsible and reliable AI systems, changing banking for good. For years, Capital One has been an industry ...
Cambridge, MA · On-site +1
$133K - $176K/yr
Senior Distinguished Engineer, AI Compute (Remote Eligible) At Capital One, we are creating responsible and reliable AI systems, changing banking for good. For years, Capital One has been an industry ...
Boston, MA · On-site
$275K - $330K/yr
As a Distinguished Engineer on the Data Engineering team, you'll own some of the hardest infrastructure problems at CloudZero: shaping the next-generation streaming data platform, the dimensional ...
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Boston, MA · On-site
$275K - $330K/yr
As a Distinguished Engineer on the Data Engineering team, you'll own some of the hardest infrastructure problems at CloudZero: shaping the next-generation streaming data platform, the dimensional ...
Burlington, MA · On-site +1
$180K/yr
The role of the Distinguished Engineer, Digital ASIC Designer offers the opportunity to work within the heart of the product development team to own the core of what will set Butterfly Network apart.
Burlington, MA · On-site +1
$180K/yr
The role of the Distinguished Engineer, Digital ASIC Designer offers the opportunity to work within the heart of the product development team to own the core of what will set Butterfly Network apart.
The role of the Distinguished Engineer, Digital ASIC Designer offers the opportunity to work within the heart of the product development team to own the core of what will set Butterfly Network apart.
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The role of the Distinguished Engineer, Digital ASIC Designer offers the opportunity to work within the heart of the product development team to own the core of what will set Butterfly Network apart.
Burlington, MA · On-site +1
$148K/yr
Experience designing or integrating programmable digital compute blocks (e.g., AI accelerators, MPUs, or eFPGA fabrics), including instruction/control interfaces, memory hierarchy, data movement, and ...
Burlington, MA · On-site +1
$148K/yr
Experience designing or integrating programmable digital compute blocks (e.g., AI accelerators, MPUs, or eFPGA fabrics), including instruction/control interfaces, memory hierarchy, data movement, and ...
Experience designing or integrating programmable digital compute blocks (e.g., AI accelerators, MPUs, or eFPGA fabrics), including instruction/control interfaces, memory hierarchy, data movement, and ...
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Experience designing or integrating programmable digital compute blocks (e.g., AI accelerators, MPUs, or eFPGA fabrics), including instruction/control interfaces, memory hierarchy, data movement, and ...
Mentor and coach engineering teams, raise architectural and operational standards, and help select and develop future technical leaders. * Collaborate with product, customer engineering, and support ...
Mentor and coach engineering teams, raise architectural and operational standards, and help select and develop future technical leaders. * Collaborate with product, customer engineering, and support ...
Boston, MA · On-site
$49.25 - $67.25/hr
As a Distinguished Developer in the SQL Engine group, you'll design and implement next-generation query processing stacks that optimize both traditional analytics and emerging AI-driven workloads.
Boston, MA · On-site
$49.25 - $67.25/hr
As a Distinguished Developer in the SQL Engine group, you'll design and implement next-generation query processing stacks that optimize both traditional analytics and emerging AI-driven workloads.
Woburn, MA · On-site +1
Distinguished AI Engineer Distinguished AI Engineer Location: This role requires associates to be in-office 1 - 2 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility ...
Woburn, MA · On-site +1
Distinguished AI Engineer Distinguished AI Engineer Location: This role requires associates to be in-office 1 - 2 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility ...
Mentor and coach engineering teams, raise architectural and operational standards, and help select and develop future technical leaders. * Collaborate with product, customer engineering, and support ...
Mentor and coach engineering teams, raise architectural and operational standards, and help select and develop future technical leaders. * Collaborate with product, customer engineering, and support ...
Mentor and coach engineering teams, raise architectural and operational standards, and help select and develop future technical leaders. * Collaborate with product, customer engineering, and support ...
Mentor and coach engineering teams, raise architectural and operational standards, and help select and develop future technical leaders. * Collaborate with product, customer engineering, and support ...
Woburn, MA · On-site +1
Distinguished AI Engineer Location: This role requires associates to be in-office 1 - 2 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity ...
Woburn, MA · On-site +1
Distinguished AI Engineer Location: This role requires associates to be in-office 1 - 2 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity ...
$49.25 - $67.25/hr
What You'll Do As a Distinguished Developer in the SQL Engine group, you'll help build the next-generation query processing stack , optimizing across both traditional analytics and emerging AI-driven ...
$49.25 - $67.25/hr
What You'll Do As a Distinguished Developer in the SQL Engine group, you'll help build the next-generation query processing stack , optimizing across both traditional analytics and emerging AI-driven ...
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To thrive as a Distinguished Engineer, you need extensive expertise in software architecture, system design, and deep technical problem-solving, often supported by an advanced degree and a robust track record in engineering leadership roles. Mastery of programming languages, architectural frameworks, cloud platforms, and experience with industry-standard tools such as CI/CD pipelines is typical, along with relevant certifications like AWS Certified Solutions Architect or Google Cloud Professional Engineer. Exceptional communication, mentorship, and strategic thinking skills set candidates apart by fostering innovation and guiding teams towards effective solutions. These skills and qualities are crucial for driving large-scale technical initiatives, shaping company-wide technology strategies, and mentoring engineering talent.
A Distinguished Engineer is a senior-level technical expert recognized for their deep expertise, leadership, and impact on engineering and innovation. They drive complex technical strategies, mentor engineers, and influence the company's technology direction. Unlike managerial roles, they focus on solving high-impact technical challenges and setting industry standards.
As a Distinguished Engineer, you have the opportunity to influence major technical decisions and take on leadership roles in shaping company technology strategy. While this position is already among the highest technical tracks, you may advance further to roles like Chief Architect or Principal Technical Fellow, or choose to expand your impact by moving into organizational leadership or executive positions. Distinguished Engineers often lead cross-functional initiatives, mentor other engineers, and represent the company in industry forums or technical communities. This role offers a blend of deep technical contribution and broad organizational influence, enabling career growth along both technical and leadership paths.

7.8
Based on 143 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz
76th of 149 rated banks
As a Sr. 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 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.
In this role you will work with teams across the company to create real-time and intelligent finance through an AI-powered platform for end-to-end business process automation, offering transparent, real-time workflow observability with natural language data interactions. You won't just execute a roadmap, you will be a strategist defining which modern technologies will solve problems our stakeholders haven't even imagined yet.
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
Be hands-on and at the forefront of high-order problems such as multi-tenancy, right-time insights, centralized anomaly detection and action, and agentic patterns for Finance business orchestration.
Mentor and upskill the senior engineering talent within the organization, fostering a culture of technical excellence and innovation, and ensuring our innovation is not just fast, but scalable and resilient.
Additional responsibilities added at hiring manager's discretion
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree
At least 9 years of experience in
General software
Software engineering and solution architecture
Enterprise architecture and design patterns
Software specializations
Web technologies (JavaScript, TypeScript and SPA frameworks)
Full ML development lifecycle using AI and ML frameworks
Other specializations
Cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
Data architecture
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field
10+ years of professional experience coding in commonly used languages like Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, Swift, etc.
10+ years of professional experience in the full lifecycle of system development, from conception through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment and production support
3+ years of experience with public or private cloud technologies
Experience leveraging interactive AI tooling to accelerate productivity, utilizing capabilities beyond basic code completion
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.
Cambridge, MA: $314,800 - $359,300 for Sr Distinguished EngineerCandidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate's offer letter.
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 theCapital 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 regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City's Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia's Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1-800-304-9102 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@capitalone.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.
For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email to Careers@capitalone.com
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