Lead Software Engineer, Back End (Scala)

Capital One • New York, NY

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About The Position

Do you love building and pioneering in the technology space? Do you enjoy solving complex business problems in a fast-paced, collaborative, inclusive, and iterative delivery environment? At Capital One, you'll be part of a big group of makers, breakers, doers and disruptors, who love to solve real problems and meet real customer needs. We are seeking Back End Software Engineers who are passionate about marrying data with emerging technologies. As a Capital One Software Engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to be on the forefront of driving a major transformation within Capital One. About the Team: At Capital One, we are entirely disrupting the travel and expense (T&E) industry by bringing our tech fully in-house and building the next generation of our travel ecosystem. With Capital One Business Travel (COBT) scaling rapidly, our integration with Brex is the catalyst propelling us from serving small businesses to powering enterprise giants. As a Lead Software Engineer, you will be at the epicenter of this game-changing integration, architecting seamless connections across Brex, expense systems, and COBT to win the top of the market. Whether you are advancing our multi-billion-dollar platform, owning full booking journeys, or implementing cutting-edge Applied AI, your code will directly impact millions. Come solve complex, high-volume engineering challenges and redefine the future of corporate travel.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 4 years of professional software engineering experience (Internship experience does not apply)
• At least 1 year experience with cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree
• 7+ years of experience in at least one of the following: Scala, Java, Python, or Go
• 2+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service
• 4+ years of experience in open source frameworks
• 1+ years of people management experience
• 2+ years of experience in Agile practices
• Experience leveraging interactive AI tooling to accelerate productivity, utilizing capabilities beyond basic code completion

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of diverse technology projects and a team of developers with deep experience in distributed microservices, and full stack systems to create solutions that help meet regulatory needs for the company
• Share your passion for staying on top of tech trends, experimenting with and learning new technologies, participating in internal & external technology communities, mentoring other members of the engineering community, and from time to time, be asked to code or evaluate code
• Collaborate with digital product managers, and deliver robust cloud-based solutions that drive powerful experiences to help millions of Americans achieve financial empowerment
• Utilize programming languages like Scala, Java, Python, and Go, Open Source RDBMS and NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of AWS tools and services

Benefits

• performance based incentive compensation
• cash bonus(es)
• long term incentives (LTI)
• health benefits
• financial benefits
• other benefits that support your total well-being

What This Job Offers

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