Full- stack Engineer 5 - Capital One Shopping Tech (Categories Team) (Remote - Eligible)

Capital One • McLean, VA

1d • $209,000 - $238,500 • Remote

About The Position

Capital One Shopping’s Categories team is a high-growth, entrepreneurial hub focused on launching new products and building thematic spending experiences in areas such as travel, groceries, streaming, event tickets, and mobile gaming. The Full-stack Engineer will partner closely with Digital Product Managers to shape technical strategy and turn consumer needs into high-performing features.

The role owns new greenfield product spaces from inception through deployment. It involves hands-on development of scalable distributed microservices, with a strong emphasis on backend architecture, and work across a range of platforms and technology stacks. Day-to-day development relies heavily on JavaScript and TypeScript, while the broader technical environment includes infrastructure and big-data pipelines that track more than 3 billion items and terabytes of analytics.

The engineer contributes to architectural design, code evaluations, and implementation, while mentoring members of the engineering community and exploring new technologies. The role uses languages such as TypeScript, JavaScript, SQL, Python, and Go, as well as open-source relational databases, distributed NoSQL databases, container orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, and AWS cloud-native tools.

The position is remote-eligible. The full-time annual salary range is $209,000–$238,500 for remote work regardless of location, or $229,900–$262,400 in McLean, Virginia. The role is also eligible for performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonuses and/or long-term incentives. Capital One offers a comprehensive benefits package; eligibility varies by employment status and other factors.

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, cloud-based productivity tools, or virtualization technologies.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 9+ years of coding experience with more than two of the following: Go, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Rust, C#, or Scala.
• 5+ years contributing to open-source frameworks.
• 5+ years of experience with front-end JavaScript or TypeScript frameworks.
• 5+ years of experience creating synchronous and asynchronous APIs.
• 4+ years of experience with databases and database management systems.
• 4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, cloud-based productivity tools, or virtualization technologies.
• 4+ years of experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and automated testing frameworks.
• 4+ years of experience using Git-based version-control systems such as Git, GitHub, or Bitbucket.
• 4+ years of experience troubleshooting technical issues within cloud environments.
• 3+ years of experience mentoring senior engineers and driving professional development within technical teams.
• 2+ years of experience using observability to identify and optimize performance bottlenecks in distributed systems.
• 1+ year of experience leading architectural design reviews and influencing enterprise-wide technical standards and methodologies.
• 1+ year of experience establishing and enforcing coding standards and design patterns across teams.
• 1+ year of experience implementing observability and reliability practices at scale.
• Experience leveraging modern AI-based coding tools and IDE copilots.
• Experience with interactive AI tooling to accelerate productivity beyond basic code completion.
• Experience influencing technology strategy at the portfolio or business-unit level.
• Experience leading cross-functional engineering efforts or large-scale technical initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Take technical ownership of new greenfield product spaces from inception through deployment.
• Build and deliver scalable distributed microservices, with an emphasis on robust backend architecture.
• Work across diverse platforms and technology stacks, including JavaScript/TypeScript development, infrastructure, and big-data pipelines.
• Partner with Digital Product Managers to define technical strategy and turn ambiguous consumer needs into high-performing features.
• Participate in architectural design, code evaluations, and hands-on coding.
• Mentor members of the engineering community and experiment with new technologies.
• Use programming languages, databases, container orchestration, and cloud-native tools to develop products.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, financial, and other benefits supporting total well-being.
• 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