Lead Software Engineer, Front End (Typescript/React, AWS)
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 solve real problems and meet real customer needs. We are seeking Front End Software Engineers who are passionate about using cutting-edge open source frameworks with emerging technologies. As a Capital One Lead Software Engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to be on the forefront of driving a major transformation within Capital One. About the Team: The Ecommerce Platform Team is a horizontal team that builds and owns the Checkout and “My Trips” experiences within Capital One Travel. We normalize the checkout experience across all product and card teams — flights, hotels, rental cars, vacation rentals, activities and cruises — with a focus on making checkout consistent, reliable, and a positive experience for users to utilize one of the premier benefits of their credit card. You will play a central role in unifying the checkout experience across travel, designing and building a robust framework that accommodates the unique requirements of each product while presenting a cohesive experience to customers. We are looking for a frontend engineer with significant experience building large-scale, component-driven web applications. Equally important are strong communication and collaboration skills — this role requires partnering closely with product and card teams to understand their needs, drive alignment on shared patterns, and earn buy-in as we converge on a unified checkout platform.
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: JavaScript, React, Angular, Node, TypeScript, or Java
- 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
- Work with a team of developers with deep experience in distributed microservices and full stack systems
- Perform software development on Front End Applications leveraging a test-driven development pattern
- Own the technical design and development of cross-functional, multi-platform application systems
- Share your passion for staying on top of tech trends, experimenting with and learning new technologies, participating in internal & external technology communities, and mentoring other members of the engineering community
- 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 JavaScript (Angular, React, Node), HTML/CSS, TypeScript and Java, open source frameworks, RESTful web services, and work on cross-browser and cross-device development
Benefits
- comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
