Distinguished Engineer - Technical Lead (Remote-Eligible)
Capital One · Nashville, TN
$244,700–$279,200from the description
Jul 21, 2026
Nashville, TN
Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior technical leadership role within a credit card acquisitions engineering organization, focused on setting and executing a technical strategy for forward-deployed engineering teams. The work centers on converting segment-specific initiatives into modular, reusable platform capabilities — spanning backend decisioning systems, API and microservices architecture, and frontend applicant experiences — while also coding and delivering directly alongside product squads. Suits a hands-on architect with deep distributed systems experience who can operate at both strategic and implementation levels.
Principal level · 7+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
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What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (8)
Capital One's 'Distinguished Engineer' title maps to the Principal band — it is explicitly described as an org-wide technical authority role, not a people-management role, so 15-1252 (Software Developers) is preferred over 11-3021 (Computer and Information Systems Managers); however, the cross-org leadership scope makes 11-3021 a credible runner-up.
The posting lists a Bachelor's degree as a hard requirement under Basic Qualifications; a Master's in CS appears only under Preferred Qualifications.
The Basic Qualifications gate on 7+ years of software engineering and 7+ years of enterprise architecture/design patterns — both are stated as firm requirements. All other experience and technology requirements appear under Preferred Qualifications.
The preferred coding languages (Java, Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, Swift) are listed as examples ('commonly used languages like…'); Java is used as the primary skill name with the others as alternatives.
The cloud requirement (3+ years) names no specific provider; AWS, Azure, and GCP are listed as alternatives.
No specific CBSA is mandated — the role is remote-eligible. Capital One's headquarters (McLean, VA, part of the Washington DC CBSA) is used as the anchor metro; the salary range shown is for the remote/any-location tier ($244,700–$279,200).
The role is also eligible for performance-based incentive compensation (cash bonus and/or LTI), which is not reflected in the base salary range above.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): software engineering, enterprise architecture, API design.
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