Senior Lead Software Engineer, Full Stack (Solution Architect)

Capital One•McLean, VA

1d•$209,000 - $286,200

About The Position

Senior Lead Software Engineer, Full Stack (Solution Architect) 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 Solution Architects who are passionate about marrying data with emerging technologies. As a Capital One Solution Architect, you’ll have the opportunity to be on the forefront of driving a major transformation within Capital One. In this role, you will provide technical leadership for designing and implementing critical technology solutions. As a Solution Architect, you will be responsible for ensuring solutions adhere to our enterprise standards for software, data, and network engineering. You will also be responsible for establishing multi-year, domain destination architectures (DDAs) for various business capabilities, ensuring we have buy-in for long-term architectural roadmaps. You’ll also be responsible for establishing the guardrails, patterns, and best practices for onboarding emerging technologies such as multi-agentic AI. What You’ll Do: Lead solutions architecture design for multi-platform/cross-platform solutions Leading trade-off and impact analysis work for hard to change technical decisions, and manage technical conflict Demonstrate thought leadership and strategy in partnership with delivery and product partners Provide architectural guardrails and white papers for onboarding new technologies, especially multi-agentic AI. Establish a 3+ year “Domain Destination Architecture” (DDA) for various business capabilities. Explain and represent solutions in the Architecture Review Boards, and various product, platform and architecture discussions Presenting work products and strategies to product managers, technology leadership across Capital One A primary architecture point of contact for other architecture teams & and delivery teams for solutions and systems Continuously learn as technology needs evolve The successful candidate will: Effectively communicate and build relationships to interact, inform, influence and communicate with key stakeholders at all levels across the company Exhibit mastery of facilitation and influence across teams, departments and divisions Enjoy the camaraderie, debates, and leaning that comes from working with a team of passionate technologists See the impact of near term and long term choices, and are great at explaining it Have significant exposures to and experience with Agentic AI and other emerging technologies. Possess excellent organizational skills and ability to multitask, while quickly shifting context and priorities Have a proven track record for leading and enabling technology, architecture and software engineering activities at enterprise scale Be self-motivated and display an unwavering responsibility to deliver high quality results and commitments Possess a keen attention to detail and a passion for Architecture, Software Engineering, Network Engineering, Data Engineering, and Customer Experience Have an intellectual curiosity and interest to maintain and acquire new business, technology and architecture skills

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree
At least 6 years of experience in software engineering (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: JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL, Python
4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, or another cloud service
4+ years of experience in open source frameworks
2+ years of experience in Agile practices
5+ years of experience as a Solutions Architect
8+ years of experience architecting, designing and delivering scalable and decoupled systems in a heavily regulated technology environment
3+ years of experience working with internal and external business clients
3+ years of experience to engaging, influencing and driving initiatives by partnering with technology executives
AWS or equivalent certifications (Cloud Practitioner, Solution Architect-Associate, GCP or Azure)

Responsibilities

Lead solutions architecture design for multi-platform/cross-platform solutions
Leading trade-off and impact analysis work for hard to change technical decisions, and manage technical conflict
Demonstrate thought leadership and strategy in partnership with delivery and product partners
Provide architectural guardrails and white papers for onboarding new technologies, especially multi-agentic AI.
Establish a 3+ year “Domain Destination Architecture” (DDA) for various business capabilities.
Explain and represent solutions in the Architecture Review Boards, and various product, platform and architecture discussions
Presenting work products and strategies to product managers, technology leadership across Capital One
A primary architecture point of contact for other architecture teams & and delivery teams for solutions and systems
Continuously learn as technology needs evolve
Effectively communicate and build relationships to interact, inform, influence and communicate with key stakeholders at all levels across the company
Exhibit mastery of facilitation and influence across teams, departments and divisions
See the impact of near term and long term choices, and are great at explaining it
Have significant exposures to and experience with Agentic AI and other emerging technologies.
Possess excellent organizational skills and ability to multitask, while quickly shifting context and priorities
Have a proven track record for leading and enabling technology, architecture and software engineering activities at enterprise scale
Be self-motivated and display an unwavering responsibility to deliver high quality results and commitments
Possess a keen attention to detail and a passion for Architecture, Software Engineering, Network Engineering, Data Engineering, and Customer Experience
Have an intellectual curiosity and interest to maintain and acquire new business, technology and architecture skills