Full-stack Engineer 4 (CaCe)
About The Position
Capital One is seeking a Full-stack Engineer to help drive a major technology transformation by building solutions with open-source frameworks and emerging technologies. The role leads a portfolio of technology projects and provides technical direction to developers and Agile teams working on distributed microservices and full-stack systems, including solutions supporting regulatory needs. The engineer collaborates with digital product managers and architects to deliver cloud-based experiences, define service boundaries and integration patterns, and develop reusable frameworks. The position emphasizes technical leadership, design and development standards, operational excellence, mentoring, and participation in technology communities. The engineer is expected to identify opportunities for refactoring, reducing technical debt, and improving system performance, as well as evaluate emerging tools and practices to influence long-term technology strategy. The team operates in a ‘you build it, you own it’ environment. This is a hybrid role, with on-site attendance required according to Capital One’s hybrid policy for the employee’s designated office location.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field, such as Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, or Engineering.
- At least 4 years of software engineering experience; internship experience does not count toward this requirement.
- At least 2 years of experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), cloud-based productivity tools, or virtualization technologies.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- 7 or more years of coding experience with more than two of the following: Go, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Rust, C#, or Scala.
- 3 or more years of experience with databases and database management systems.
- 3 or more years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, cloud-based productivity tools, or virtualization technologies.
- 4 or more years of experience contributing to open-source frameworks.
- 3 or more years of experience with front-end JavaScript or TypeScript frameworks.
- 4 or more years of experience creating synchronous and asynchronous APIs.
- 3 or more years of experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and automated testing frameworks.
- 3 or more years of experience using Git-based version-control systems such as Git, GitHub, or Bitbucket.
- 3 or more years of experience troubleshooting technical issues in cloud environments.
- Experience using modern AI-based coding tools and IDE copilots.
- At least 1 year of experience mentoring engineers and supporting professional development within technical teams.
- At least 1 year of experience using observability to identify and optimize performance bottlenecks in distributed systems.
- Experience with interactive AI tooling that accelerates productivity using capabilities beyond basic code completion.
- Experience leading cross-functional engineering efforts or large-scale technical initiatives.
- Experience establishing and enforcing coding standards and design patterns across teams.
Responsibilities
- Lead a portfolio of technology projects and a team of developers building distributed microservices and full-stack systems that address company regulatory needs.
- Share knowledge of technology trends, experiment with and learn new technologies, participate in internal and external technology communities, and mentor engineering colleagues.
- Collaborate with digital product managers to deliver robust cloud-based solutions and customer experiences.
- Use programming languages, databases, container orchestration services, and AWS tools and services to build solutions.
- Provide technical leadership and direction across Agile teams, setting standards for design, development, and operational excellence.
- Partner with architects to define service boundaries, integration patterns, and reusable frameworks.
- Identify improvement opportunities, implement targeted refactoring, reduce technical debt, and improve system performance.
- Evaluate emerging tools and practices to influence long-term technology strategy in a ‘you build it, you own it’ environment.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health, financial, and other benefits supporting total well-being; eligibility varies by employment status and management level.
- Eligible for performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonuses and/or long-term incentives.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
