Full-stack Engineer 4 (Manager, IC )

Capital One • McLean, VA

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About The Position

Capital One is seeking a Full-stack Engineer 4 for its Digital Commerce & Innovation team. The role builds mission-critical spending experiences, including smart merchant updates and card-on-file management, to reduce payment friction and support customers’ financial transactions. The engineer will work with substantial autonomy and influence technical direction for services built with Python, Java, and AWS serverless technologies.

The position leads a portfolio of technology projects and provides technical leadership across Agile teams. It combines full-stack and distributed microservices engineering with collaboration across product and architecture partners, mentoring, operational excellence, system improvement, and evaluation of emerging technologies. The team operates in a “you build it, you own it” environment.

The listed full-time annual salary range for candidates hired to work in McLean, Virginia, is $197,300–$225,100. The role is also eligible for performance-based incentives, which may include cash bonuses and/or long-term incentives. Capital One describes its benefits as comprehensive and competitive; eligibility varies by employment status and management level.

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 apply.
• 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 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 within cloud environments.
• Experience leveraging modern AI-based coding tools and IDE copilots.
• At least 1 year of experience mentoring engineers and driving professional development within technical teams.
• At least 1 year of experience leveraging observability to identify and optimize performance bottlenecks in distributed systems.
• Experience with interactive AI tooling to accelerate 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 working on distributed microservices and full-stack systems to address company regulatory needs.
• Stay current with technology trends, experiment with and learn new technologies, participate in technology communities, and mentor members of the engineering community.
• Collaborate with digital product managers to deliver cloud-based solutions and customer experiences.
• Use programming languages, databases, container orchestration services, and AWS tools and services to build software.
• 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 areas for improvement, implement targeted refactoring, and contribute to reducing technical debt and improving system performance.
• Influence long-term technology strategy by evaluating emerging tools and practices in a “you build it, you own it” environment.

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive health, financial, and other benefits supporting total well-being; eligibility varies by full- or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.
• Performance-based incentive compensation, potentially including cash bonuses and/or long-term incentives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior