Senior Manager, Full-stack Engineer (PL)

Capital One • Richmond, VA

10d

About The Position

Capital One is seeking a full-stack software engineering leader to build high-performing teams, drive technical strategy, and lead technology transformations. The role leads a portfolio of technology projects and developers working on distributed microservices and full-stack systems, delivering solutions that address regulatory needs and create robust cloud-based customer experiences.

The Senior Manager leads multiple Agile engineering teams or programs and large-scale, cross-functional initiatives. The position partners with product, architecture, and platform leaders to develop technology roadmaps and investment priorities, aligns engineering execution with enterprise goals, and influences portfolio-level decisions. It also develops engineering leads, succession plans, and leadership capacity, while directing the design and implementation of reliable, high-performance distributed and cloud-native systems.

The role uses and promotes a broad technology stack, including programming languages, open-source databases, container orchestration, and AWS services. The manager is expected to stay current with technology, participate in technology communities, mentor engineers, and occasionally code or evaluate code.

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.
• At least 3 years of people management experience.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• At least 1 year of experience leading architectural design reviews and influencing enterprise-wide technical standards and methodologies.
• At least 4 years of experience with databases and database management systems.
• At least 4 years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, cloud-based productivity tools, or virtualization technologies.
• At least 4 years of experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and automated testing frameworks.
• At least 4 years of experience using Git-based version-control systems such as Git, GitHub, or Bitbucket.
• At least 4 years of experience troubleshooting technical issues within cloud environments.
• At least 5 years of experience contributing to open-source frameworks.
• At least 5 years of experience with front-end JavaScript or TypeScript frameworks.
• At least 5 years of experience creating synchronous and asynchronous APIs.
• At least 9 years of coding experience with more than two of the following: Go, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Rust, C#, or Scala.
• Experience using modern AI-based coding tools and IDE copilots.
• Experience managing multi-team engineering organizations or leading strategic technical programs spanning multiple domains.
• Experience defining and tracking engineering OKRs aligned to business outcomes.
• Experience shaping organization design and talent strategy to scale engineering capabilities.
• Experience presenting technology roadmaps and investment cases to executive leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of technology projects and a team of developers working on distributed microservices and full-stack systems to create solutions addressing regulatory needs.
• Promote learning and experimentation with new technologies, participate in internal and external technology communities, mentor engineers, and occasionally code or evaluate code.
• Collaborate with digital product managers to deliver robust cloud-based solutions and customer experiences.
• Lead teams using languages such as Java, Scala, Python, Go, Node.js, JavaScript, and TypeScript; open-source RDBMS and NoSQL databases; Docker and Kubernetes; and AWS tools and services.
• Lead multiple Agile engineering teams or programs, providing strategic direction and ensuring delivery of large-scale, cross-functional initiatives.
• Partner with product, architecture, and platform leaders to define multi-year technology roadmaps and investment priorities.
• Develop and manage Lead Engineers and engineering leads, building succession plans and scaling leadership capability across teams.
• Align engineering execution with enterprise goals and influence portfolio-level decisions and trade-offs.
• Drive end-to-end design and implementation of large-scale distributed or cloud-native systems with high reliability and performance requirements.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, financial, and other benefits supporting employee well-being; eligibility varies by employment status and management level.
• Performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonuses and/or long-term incentives.

What This Job Offers

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