Staff Software Engineer

161 Bay Street (93021), Canada, Toronto,Toronto, Ontario,Staff Software Engineer

Staff Software Engineer

Our Capital One Software Studio.

Since 2014, Capital One Canada’s software studio has grown from a team of 10 to a team of over 270. We’re passionate about what we do, and we’re always on the lookout for people who want to make a difference in the world of credit through technology.

We’re obsessed with doing the right thing, and we achieve that by finding innovative ways to better serve our customers.

This is a senior technical position (manager equivalent) that does not have direct reports. We require advanced hands-on development, technical design, and architecture.

Working with us.

How do we do things at Capital One Canada? We listen to our people, and to our customers. We change with the times and have adopted a flexible hybrid model.

Associates working in the hybrid model are expected to come into the office 3 days a week across Tuesdays and Thursdays, reserving Mondays and Fridays as company-wide virtual days.

As was true before the pandemic, expectations of being in the office will be balanced with personal life flexibility.

At Capital One we’re committed to diversity, inclusion and belonging. We strive to build a culture where diverse perspectives are valued, innovative ideas are encouraged and inclusive behaviors are embedded in everything we do to positively impact associates.

Strive to build a culture where diverse perspectives are valued, innovative ideas are encouraged and to help challenge the status quo and create the best outcomes for everyone.

We’re focused on helping associates live well physically, financially and emotionally. When you join us, we support you and those who are most important to you, offering full coverage for spouses, domestic partners, and dependents.

We’ve designed our benefits program to be flexible, comprehensive and consistent across our organization. From health and fitness center discounts, to training and professional development programs and much more you’ll discover that Capital One is committed to helping you live your best life.

A day in the life of a Capital One Staff Engineer

You’ll work alongside other Software Engineers on innovative projects. You’ll have the opportunity to learn, design and build software products from the ground up.

You’ll share knowledge through conducting technical workshops / office hours, and participating in hackathons or community of practices or staff engineering forums.

You’ll explain complex technical challenges and solutions to diverse stakeholders with tech and non-technical backgrounds.

Here are a few of the ways we’re helping people take control of their credit :

Helping customers view and monitor their credit scores with Credit Keeper

Enabling customers to view and edit their Personal Information directly in the Mobile App

Providing customers 100% certainty which credit cards they’ll be approved for before they apply, by using Quick Check™

We’re all-in on the cloud and we’re leaders in the adoption of open source, RESTful APIs, microservices, and containers.

We build our own products and release them with a speed and agility that allows us to get new customer experiences to market quickly.

And, as a founder-led company, we’re inspired to make, break, do, and do good. So, let’s do something great together.

Want to learn more? Check out life at Capital One in the Software Studio!

Responsibilities :

Work as part of a dynamic team throughout the Software Development Life Cycle

Act as a tech lead developer owning technical design and development of cross-functional, multi-platform, fault tolerant application systems

Continuously improve software engineering developer experience; identify gaps in existing internal framework and tools and contribute

Establish Engineering best practices; identify and establish best practices and standards, such as code review standards.

Technical expertises and Problem solving; define technical standards and providing technical support to ensure Engineering best practices are consistently met

Architecture ownership - apply strong understanding of how evolving technology affects domain, follow High Level Design (HLD) methodology and contribute to HLD

Provide mentorship to junior and intermediate associates through engineering best practises and standards

Basic Requirements

At least 8 years of hands-on development experience preferably using Java or other object-oriented programming languages

At least 8 years of experience with application and / or data design, architecture and development

Experience with AWS (highly preferred) or other cloud products (Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)

Experience providing mentorship to Junior / Intermediate Associates and guidance to technical and business stakeholders

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred Qualifications

10+ Years of experience leading the full life-cycle of Software Development

Experience working in an agile environment and familiar with agile development methodologies

About Capital One Canada.

We've been helping millions of Canadians for over 20 years by providing them with access to credit when others wouldn’t.

We're on a journey to put our customers first, and keep them there, by building modern technology solutions to simplify and humanize the world of credit cards.

We have the positive energy of a startup, with the advantages of a big company.

Capital One Canada is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We consider all qualified applicants and will meet the needs of those requiring reasonable accommodations.