Lead Software Engineer, Full Stack (enterprise Platforms Technology)

Capital One Capital One · Banking · Plano, TX +3

Lead Software Engineer for Capital One's Programming Language Excellence Center (PLEC), focusing on Go development. This role involves leading language strategy, managing software supply chain (Golden Images), fostering community, and modernizing build infrastructure. Requires strong Go/Javascript/Typescript experience and cloud computing knowledge.

What you'd actually do

  1. Act as the primary bridge between the PLEC Core Team and the volunteer Go Community of Practice (CoP), aligning priorities to drive language modernization and standardize usage across thousands of Go consumers
  2. Define the architecture and standards for "Golden Images," driving the strategic migration toward secure, distroless runtime images . Work with partners to transition ongoing lifecycle maintenance, while retaining ownership of image definitions and initial configuration .
  3. Cultivate a culture of technical excellence by hosting Deep Dive sessions and AMAs, mentoring engineers on idiomatic practices, and facilitating the inner-sourcing of common components.
  4. 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
  5. Drive the evolution of build strategies, including the standardization of package management and the optimization of pipeline build logic for both legacy and modern CI/CD platforms.

Skills

Required

  • Go
  • Javascript
  • Typescript
  • Cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
  • Software engineering

Nice to have

  • Master's Degree
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Open source frameworks
  • People management
  • Agile practices

What the JD emphasized

  • Go|Javascript|Typescript Technical Lead
  • Programming Language Excellence Center (PLEC)
  • Go development
  • language ergonomics
  • standardizing developer tooling
  • fostering a vibrant internal community
  • defining the "paved road" for Go development
  • driving a major transformation across the enterprise
  • Enterprise Platforms Technology (EPTech)
  • essential role in establishing practices for building technology solutions
  • delivering capabilities that exemplify those practices
  • Lead Language Strategy
  • PLEC Core Team
  • Go Community of Practice (CoP)
  • aligning priorities
  • drive language modernization
  • standardize usage
  • thousands of Go consumers
  • Manage Software Supply Chain
  • Golden Images
  • secure, distroless runtime images
  • lifecycle maintenance
  • image definitions
  • initial configuration
  • Foster Community Excellence
  • technical excellence
  • Deep Dive sessions
  • AMAs
  • mentoring engineers
  • idiomatic practices
  • inner-sourcing
  • common components
  • Share your passion
  • tech trends
  • experimenting
  • learning new technologies
  • internal & external technology communities
  • mentoring other members
  • engineering community
  • Modernize Build Infrastructure
  • build strategies
  • standardization of package management
  • optimization of pipeline build logic
  • legacy and modern CI/CD platforms
  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • At least 4 years of experience in software engineering
  • At least 1 year experience with cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
  • Master's Degree
  • 7+ years of experience with Go or Javascript/Typescript
  • 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