Lead Software Engineer

Capital One Capital One · Banking · McLean, VA

Lead Software Engineer role at Capital One focused on building and pioneering technology solutions, collaborating with product managers, and delivering cloud-based systems to meet regulatory needs. The role involves leading projects and teams, sharing technical knowledge, and mentoring engineers. Experience with various programming languages, databases, container orchestration, and AWS services is required. While the role mentions leveraging interactive AI tooling for productivity, it is not the core craft.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead a portfolio of diverse technology projects and a team of developers with deep experience in distributed microservices, and full stack systems to create solutions that help meet regulatory needs for the company
  2. Share your passion for staying on top of tech trends, experimenting with and learning new technologies, participating in internal & external technology communities, mentoring other members of the engineering community
  3. Collaborate with digital product managers, and deliver robust cloud-based solutions that drive powerful experiences to help millions of Americans achieve financial empowerment
  4. Utilize programming languages like JavaScript, Java, HTML/CSS, TypeScript, SQL, Python, and Go, Open Source RDBMS and NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of AWS tools and services

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's Degree
  • 4 years of experience in software engineering
  • 1 year experience with cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)

Nice to have

  • Master's Degree
  • 7+ years of experience in at least one of the following: JavaScript, Java, TypeScript, SQL, Python, or Go
  • 3+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, or another cloud service
  • 4+ years of experience in open source frameworks
  • 1+ years of people management experience
  • 2+ years of experience in Agile practices
  • Experience leveraging interactive AI tooling to accelerate productivity, utilizing capabilities beyond basic code completion

What the JD emphasized

  • meet regulatory needs for the company
  • regulatory needs