Distinguished Engineer

Discover Financial
New York, Richmond
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 244,700 - 335,100 annuallyFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Education: bachelorsSkills: ["Executive communication","Mentorship","Technical leadership","Risk mitigation","Governance"]

Lead the technical strategy and execution for next-generation CI/CD pipelines, microservices architectures, and AI-augmented developer tooling. Drive the transition to intent-driven infrastructure using AI and automation so engineers can declare needs while the platform securely provisions and optimizes. Serve as a trusted advisor to executives and business leaders, govern inner-source repositories with strong security, and improve resiliency, performance, and feature lead time through advanced telemetry.

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Distinguished Engineer

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Job Summary

Lead the technical strategy and execution for next-generation CI/CD pipelines, microservices architectures, and AI-augmented developer tooling. Drive the transition to intent-driven infrastructure using AI and automation so engineers can declare needs while the platform securely provisions and optimizes. Serve as a trusted advisor to executives and business leaders, govern inner-source repositories with strong security, and improve resiliency, performance, and feature lead time through advanced telemetry.
Location: New York, Richmond
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Architect the long-term enterprise roadmap for modern DevOps practices, intent-driven cloud infrastructure, and next-generation CI/CD frameworks.
  • •Evaluate and deploy secure AI-assisted software development tooling, including automated code generation, smart test suites, AI Hub extensions, and automated vulnerability scanning.
  • •Act as a trusted advisor to technical executives and Line of Business leaders, articulating technical strategy, ROI, and risk-mitigation frameworks.
  • •Design and govern inner-source strategy frameworks, multi-tenant core-skills repositories, and enterprise marketplaces with rigorous security standards.
  • •Oversee scalability, performance, and security for highly distributed microservices, and drive engineering excellence through inclusive, fail-fast-but-secure culture and mentorship.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 244,700 - 335,100 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s Degree and at least 7 years of experience in software engineering, cloud architecture, or infrastructure engineering.
  • •At least 5 years designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps toolchains.
  • •At least 4 years with containerization and microservices orchestration in a cloud-native environment (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker).
  • •6+ years designing intent-driven infrastructure or declarative configuration platforms (e.g., advanced Terraform, Crossplane, or custom control planes).
  • •3+ years of technical leadership influencing VP/SVP/Executive stakeholders on multi-million dollar technology initiatives.
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Executive communicationMentorshipTechnical leadershipRisk mitigationGovernance
Tech Stack:CI/CDMicroservicesKubernetesDockerAWSGCPAzureTerraformCrossplaneGitAI coding assistant toolsAI Hub extensionsAutomated code generationSmart test-suitesAutomated vulnerability scanningAdvanced engineering telemetry

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Sponsorship available.

Company Brief

Discover Financial
Provides consumer banking products, credit cards, personal loans, and payment services through the Discover brand. It operates a major U.S. financial network and serves individuals and merchants with lending and digital payment solutions.
Industry: Retail Banking
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 10M to 25M
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Riverwoods, United States
Founded: 1985
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