Cloud Engineer 5
Core
Lead the adoption of AI and automation to improve cloud platform scalability, reliability, and efficiency while driving large-scale distributed system design.
Role type
Senior IC Cloud Engineer (Platform & Architecture)
Builds
Scalable cloud infrastructure, cloud-native systems, and engineering workflows for Capital One's digital products.
Domain
Financial Services / Cloud Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Cloud engineering, distributed systems design, system architecture, technical leadership, regulatory compliance integration, CI/CD orchestration, Infrastructure-as-Code, automated governance, risk awareness, cybersecurity, cloud networking, identity integrations, production troubleshooting, AI-driven tooling for operations.
Preferred skills
Master's degree in CS, 8+ years coding (Java/Scala/Python/Go/Node.js), 4+ years public cloud platforms, 4+ years CI/CD/IaC/Policy-as-Code, cloud infrastructure/security certifications, microservices/cloud-native patterns, cross-functional leadership, technology strategy influence.
Technologies
Java, Scala, Python, Go, Node.js, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI, Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi, Crossplane, OPA, Serverless.
Responsibilities
Lead adoption of AI/automation for cloud platforms; lead diverse technology projects and developer teams; mentor engineering community; collaborate with product managers on cloud solutions; provide technical leadership shaping system architecture; drive end-to-end design of large-scale distributed systems; partner on platform roadmaps; identify improvement areas; influence long-term technology strategy; integrate risk awareness into daily work.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with technical leadership