Full-stack Engineer 5
About The Position
The Global Payment Network (GPN) Technology organization manages critical payments infrastructure for global transaction processing. Within GPN, the Pulse Network focuses on debit card activity, including network authorizations, fraud detection, settlement, and back-office solutions. It delivers technology that supports intuitive, secure, and reliable experiences for business partners and customers. Capital One is seeking a Full-stack Software Engineer to help drive a major technology transformation. The role involves designing and operating highly available, scalable payment systems and leading technology projects and developers working with distributed microservices and full-stack systems. The engineer will collaborate with product managers, architects, and product leaders to deliver cloud-based solutions, shape system architecture and technology direction, and define platform roadmaps and shared-services strategy. The role also calls for technical leadership, mentoring, experimentation with emerging technologies, and participation in technology communities. The position uses languages and technologies including Java, Scala, Python, Go, Node.js, JavaScript, TypeScript, open-source relational and NoSQL databases, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS tools and services. The listed annual salary range for McLean, Virginia is $229,900–$262,400. The role is also eligible for performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonuses and/or long-term incentives. Capital One describes its benefits offering as comprehensive and inclusive, with details and eligibility available on its careers website.
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+ years of coding experience with more than two of the following: Go, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Rust, C#, or Scala.
- 5+ years of experience 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 influencing technology strategy at the portfolio or business-unit level.
- Experience using interactive AI tooling to accelerate productivity 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 to address regulatory needs.
- Stay current with technology trends, experiment with and learn new technologies, participate in internal and external technology communities, and mentor members of the engineering community.
- Collaborate with digital product managers to deliver cloud-based solutions.
- Provide technical leadership across multiple teams, shaping system architecture and long-term technology direction.
- Lead 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 health, financial, and other benefits supporting employee well-being; eligibility varies by employment status and management level.
- 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
