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Integration Engineer 4 (IBM MQ)

Capital One · Chicago, IL · Full time

Posted Sep 30, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about an enterprise integration you led across many systems. What was the hardest part?

What they are checking: Whether they have actually served as the technical lead on a large integration.

Describe a time you mentored engineers on integration practices.

What they are checking: Whether they help others grow, which the role expects at this level.

What would you do

An integration silently drops some records between systems. How do you find and fix the problem?

What they are checking: Whether they think about idempotency, retries, reconciliation and monitoring.

A product owner wants an integration done fast, but you see a scaling risk. How do you handle it?

What they are checking: Whether they can explain technical risk clearly and propose a sensible path.

About the work

Walk me through how you'd integrate Salesforce CRM with services running on Google Cloud for a bank.

What they are checking: Whether they understand APIs, events, authentication and data mapping across very different platforms.

When would you choose event-driven integration over synchronous APIs?

What they are checking: Whether they weigh coupling, latency and failure handling when picking an integration pattern.

How do you define integration standards that many teams will actually follow?

What they are checking: Whether they can write practical patterns and earn buy-in instead of issuing rules no one uses.

How do you make an integration resilient when a downstream system is slow or unavailable?

What they are checking: Whether they know circuit breakers, queues and graceful degradation.

How would you protect sensitive customer data moving through integrations?

What they are checking: Whether they apply encryption, least privilege and data minimization in a regulated setting.

How do you test integrations end to end when you don't control all the systems?

What they are checking: Whether they use contract testing, mocks and test environments thoughtfully.

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The full job description

As published by Capital One.

Integration Engineer 4 (IBM MQ) Do you love building and pioneering in the technology space? Do you enjoy solving complex business problems in a fast-paced, collaborative, inclusive, and iterative delivery environment? At Capital One, you'll be part of a big group of makers, breakers, doers and disruptors, who love to solve real problems and meet real customer needs. We are seeking Integration Engineers who are passionate about marrying data with emerging technologies to join our team. As an Integration Engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to be on the forefront of driving a major transformation within Capital One. What You’ll Do: • Manage our IBM MQ messaging stack to ensure availability, capacity and performance to support our critical applications and services • Utilize your expertise of IBM MQ cluster design, operation and support. • Design and configure new MQ services, perform upgrades, configure channels, topics, queues. • Resolve security vulnerabilities, manager disaster recovery events • Automate deployment and management of IBM MQ servers. • Work with application owners to understand desired application capabilities and testing scenarios • Design, develop, and implement robust integration solutions in AWS. • Continuously improve software engineering practices • Bring a passion to stay on top of tech trends, experiment with and learn new technologies, participate in internal and external technology communities, and mentor other members of the engineering community • Encourage innovation, implementation of cutting-edge technologies, inclusion, outside-of-the-box thinking, teamwork, self-organization and diversity • Serve as the technical integration lead for major initiatives, partnering with software, data and infrastructure teams to ensure interoperability and performance Basic Qualifications: • Bachelor's Degree • At least 4 years of experience designing and maintaining cross-platform or cloud integrations • At least 3 years of experience automating system configuration or data workflows Preferred Qualifications: • 2+ years of experience with deployment tooling (Jenkins, GitHub, Artifactory) • Experience with Kubernetes And Containerization. • Experience with AI tooling. • Experience developing integration frameworks or reusable components used across multiple teams or applications • Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools (CloudWatch, Splunk, NewRelic) to ensure integration reliability and performance At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization, or offer any immigration related support for this position (e.g. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, E-3, and O-1, or any other forms of work authorization that require immigration support from an employer). 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. Chicago, IL: $149,800 - $171,000 for Integration Engineer 4 Candidates 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 the Capital 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 Capital One does not provide, endorse nor guarantee and is not liable for third-party products, services, educational tools or other information available through this site. Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).

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