Full-stack Engineer 5

Capital One • McLean, VA

1d • $229,900 - $262,400

About The Position

The Full-stack Engineer will work within Capital One’s Global Payment Network (GPN) Technology organization, which manages critical infrastructure for global transaction processing. The role supports the Pulse Network, focused on debit card activity including network authorizations, fraud detection, settlement, and back-office solutions. The team delivers secure, reliable technology experiences for business partners and customers.

This position leads diverse technology projects and developers working on distributed microservices and full-stack systems. It provides technical leadership across teams, shapes system architecture and long-term technology direction, and drives the end-to-end design and implementation of large-scale distributed or cloud-native systems with high reliability and performance requirements. The engineer partners with architects and product leaders on platform roadmaps and shared-services strategy, and collaborates with digital product managers to deliver cloud-based solutions.

The role uses technologies including Java, Scala, Python, Go, Node.js, JavaScript, TypeScript, open-source relational and NoSQL databases, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS tools and services. It also involves keeping current with technology trends, experimenting with new technologies, contributing to technology communities, and mentoring members of the engineering community.

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 of experience 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 within 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 year of experience leading architectural design reviews and influencing enterprise-wide technical standards and methodologies.
• 1 or more year of experience establishing and enforcing coding standards and design patterns across teams.
• 1 or more 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

• Lead a portfolio of technology projects and a team of developers working on distributed microservices and full-stack systems to meet company regulatory needs.
• Provide technical leadership across multiple teams, shaping system architecture and long-term technology direction.
• Drive 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.
• Collaborate with digital product managers to deliver cloud-based solutions.
• Use programming languages, databases, container orchestration services, and AWS tools and services to build technology solutions.
• Stay current with technology trends, experiment with and learn new technologies, and participate in internal and external technology communities.
• Mentor members of the engineering community.
• Lead cross-functional engineering efforts or large-scale technical initiatives.
• Establish and enforce coding standards and design patterns across teams.
• Lead architectural design reviews and influence technical standards and methodologies.
• Implement observability and reliability practices and use observability to identify and optimize performance bottlenecks in distributed systems.

Benefits

• The role is eligible for performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonuses and/or long-term incentives.
• Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial, and other benefits supporting total well-being; eligibility varies by employment status and management level.

What This Job Offers

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