Full-stack Engineer 4 (Python, AWS)
About The Position
Capital One is seeking a Full-stack Engineer to help drive a major technology transformation. The role leads technology projects and developers building distributed microservices and full-stack systems that address regulatory needs and create cloud-based customer experiences. The engineer provides technical direction across Agile teams, collaborates with product managers and architects, establishes engineering standards, and contributes to system design, operational excellence, and long-term technology strategy. The environment emphasizes learning, mentoring, experimentation, and ownership of the systems built. This is a hybrid position, with on-site attendance required according to Capital One’s hybrid policy.
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.
- At least 2 years of experience with public cloud platforms, cloud-based productivity tools, or virtualization technologies.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- 7+ years of coding experience with more than two of the following: Go, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Rust, C#, or Scala.
- 3+ years of experience with databases and database management systems.
- 3+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, cloud-based productivity tools, or virtualization technologies.
- 4+ years of experience contributing to open-source frameworks.
- 3+ years of experience with front-end JavaScript or TypeScript frameworks.
- 4+ years of experience creating synchronous and asynchronous APIs.
- 3+ years of experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and automated testing frameworks.
- 3+ years of experience using Git-based version-control systems such as Git, GitHub, or Bitbucket.
- 3+ years of experience troubleshooting technical issues within cloud environments.
- Experience using modern AI-based coding tools and IDE copilots.
- Experience using interactive AI tooling beyond basic code completion to accelerate productivity.
- 1+ year of experience mentoring engineers and driving professional development within technical teams.
- 1+ year of experience using observability to identify and optimize performance bottlenecks in distributed systems.
- 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 working on distributed microservices and full-stack systems.
- Share knowledge of technology trends, experiment with and learn new technologies, participate in technology communities, and mentor engineering colleagues.
- Collaborate with digital product managers to deliver robust cloud-based solutions.
- Use programming languages, databases, container orchestration services, and AWS tools and services to build solutions.
- Provide technical leadership across Agile teams and set standards for design, development, and operational excellence.
- Partner with architects to define service boundaries, integration patterns, and reusable frameworks.
- Identify opportunities for improvement and implement refactoring to reduce technical debt and improve system performance.
- Influence long-term technology strategy by evaluating emerging tools and practices 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
