Front-end Engineer 4 (Manager, IC)

Capital One•McLean, NY

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Front-end Engineer 4 (Manager, IC) Building the engine behind modern travel experiences isn't just about moving data or building UIs—it’s about owning full-feature architecture end-to-end. As a Front End Engineer on our Cars and Ground Transportation team, you'll join a fast-moving, product-driven group of makers, doers, and disruptors scaling our travel platform. In an AI-native world, you leverage modern tooling to own the entire build from customer-facing micro-frontends to complex back-end architectures, orchestrating multi-supplier supply, reconciling inconsistent data into unified shopping experiences, and scaling distributed booking pipelines. You will own everything from pay-now vs. pay-at-desk rate processing and competitive price benchmarking to expanding our platform beyond car rentals into broader ground transport like rail and transfers. In this high-impact IC role, you’ll work side-by-side with product managers to shape feature design, challenge generated code through relentless testing, and coach junior engineers, driving transformation at the forefront of emerging technologies.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Engineering)
At least 4 years of professional software engineering experience (internship experience does not apply)
At least 3 years of experience developing applications using TypeScript, HTML, CSS and modern web frameworks (React, Angular, Vue, Svelte)

Nice To Haves

4+ years of experience with TypeScript and JavaScript
4+ years of experience with modern web frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue, Svelte), HTML and CSS
Demonstrated experience with automated testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, Cypress, Playwright) and web performance tuning
Demonstrated experience designing scalable front-end architectures and reusable component libraries
Experience implementing and maintaining comprehensive automated testing
Demonstrated experience designing and developing client Backend-for-Frontends (BFFs) to orchestrate data using technologies like GraphQL and efficient networking protocols (e.g., gRPC/Protobuf)
Demonstrated experience with micro frontend (MFE) architectures or federated architectural patterns
Demonstrated experience in metrics-driven canary release and feature flag strategies
Expertise with agentic AI coding tools and AI-assisted workflow patterns

Responsibilities

Partner with Software Engineers, Designers, and Product Managers to deliver high-performing, quality features for 100M+ customers that are engaging, purposeful and powerful in their simplicity
Provide technical leadership for front-end architecture and design patterns, acting as a multiplier for your team's impact
Mentor other engineers, fostering their growth through thoughtful feedback, code reviews, and sharing of best practices for AI-assisted development, while helping to identify and clear technical obstacles
Grow and provide subject matter expertise in key platform areas (e.g., performance, accessibility, architecture)
Contribute to front-end architecture decisions, API design reviews, and reusable component development
Lead the design and development of client Backend-for-Frontends (BFFs) and micro frontend (MFE) or federated application architectures to deliver scalable and flexible product experiences
Lead the implementation and refinement of well-managed engineering practices, defining best practices for feature flags and canary rollouts to improve product delivery and quality
Champion the adoption of agentic AI tools, mentoring engineers in AI-native development practices to increase team velocity
Apply mastery of the modern web ecosystem (including PWAs, Wasm, mobile web, and Service Workers) to make complex, high-leverage, hands-on technical contributions
Drive a culture of quality, performance, accessibility, and customer empathy, establishing high standards for coding, testing, and user experience