Senior Lead Software Engineer, Back End (Finance Tech)

Capital OneRichmond, VA
Onsite

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. Finance Tech is responsible for transforming Capital One's financial engine into the most trusted, nimble, and insightful in the industry. Our core mission is to engineer outcomes that strategically enable the Finance organization and the broader Enterprise to remain efficient. This mission is driven by four technical and functional pillars: Forecasting & Resiliency, providing advanced decision support; Treasury & Trade managing sophisticated cash and investment lifecycles; and Accounting & Reporting, ensuring the integrity of our general ledger and regulatory commitments. Powering these pillars are our Data and Core capabilities, which manage the orchestration, sourcing, and pipelines for critical financial data products. By defining the next generation of financial technology, we ensure that every business process is backed by high fidelity tracking and reporting. Together, we are not just supporting the bottom line - we are building a strategic enabler that operates as a world class financial engine.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • At least 6 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
  • 9+ years of experience in at least one of the following: Java, Scala, Python, Go, or Node.js
  • 3+ 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

Benefits

  • comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being
  • performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI)
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