Full-stack Engineer 4
About The Position
Capital One is seeking a Full-stack Engineer 4 to help drive a major technology transformation by building scalable systems with open-source frameworks and emerging technologies. The role is part of the Servicing, Business, and International team in Card Tech+, which builds technology for customer experiences and business partners. The team develops systems used to detect, investigate, and shut down card fraud and enables customers to report fraud. Its work addresses account takeovers, transaction fraud, and first-party fraud while transforming rigid interfaces into a dynamic, configuration-driven workflow engine. The team uses Vue.js, Node.js (Fastify), Python, and AWS services including Fargate and Lambdas. The engineer will lead technology projects and provide technical leadership across Agile teams. The role involves building cloud-based solutions, collaborating with product managers and architects, defining service boundaries and integration patterns, mentoring engineers, and improving systems through refactoring and performance work. The engineer will also contribute to technology strategy in a “you build it, you own it” environment. This is a hybrid position requiring adherence to Capital One’s hybrid policy for on-site presence at the designated office. Capital One will not sponsor new applicants for employment authorization or provide immigration-related support for this role. The role is full-time and may be eligible for performance-based incentive compensation. The posted annual salary range for McLean, Virginia is $197,300–$225,100; pay ranges vary by 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 apply.
- 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 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 using observability to identify and optimize performance bottlenecks in distributed systems.
- Experience with interactive AI tooling to accelerate productivity 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 meet 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.
- 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 opportunities for improvement, implement targeted refactoring, and help 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 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
