Full-stack Engineer 5 (Senior Manager, IC)

Capital One • McLean, VA

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About The Position

Capital One is seeking a senior full-stack software engineer for its Risk Tech GRC team. Risk Tech builds data-driven tools, including machine-learning solutions, to prevent risks and detect issues before they affect customers, the business, or communities. In this role, the engineer will help build and deploy proprietary risk-management solutions powered by AI and contribute to a major technology transformation.

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 6 years of software engineering experience; internship experience does not apply.
• At least 3 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.
• 9 or more years of coding experience with more than two of the following: Go, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Rust, C#, or Scala.
• 5 or more years contributing to open-source frameworks.
• 5 or more years of experience with front-end JavaScript or TypeScript frameworks.
• 5 or more years of experience creating synchronous and asynchronous APIs.
• 4 or more years of experience with databases and database management systems.
• 4 or more years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, cloud-based productivity tools, or virtualization technologies.
• 4 or more years of experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and automated testing frameworks.
• 4 or more years of experience using Git-based version-control systems such as Git, GitHub, or Bitbucket.
• 4 or more years of experience troubleshooting technical issues in cloud environments.
• 3 or more years of experience mentoring senior engineers and driving professional development within technical teams.
• 2 or more years of experience using observability to identify and optimize performance bottlenecks in distributed systems.
• 1 or more years of experience leading architectural design reviews and influencing enterprise-wide technical standards and methodologies.
• 1 or more years of experience establishing and enforcing coding standards and design patterns across teams.
• 1 or more years of experience implementing observability and reliability practices at scale.
• Experience using modern AI-based coding tools and IDE copilots.
• Experience influencing technology strategy at the portfolio or business-unit level.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of technology projects and a team of developers working on distributed microservices and full-stack systems that address regulatory needs.
• Keep current with technology trends, experiment with and learn new technologies, participate in technology communities, and mentor other engineers.
• 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 across multiple teams and shape system architecture and long-term technology direction.
• Lead the end-to-end design and implementation of large-scale distributed or cloud-native systems with high reliability and performance requirements.
• Partner with architects and product leaders to define platform roadmaps and shared-services strategy.

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive 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.

What This Job Offers

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