Senior Manager, Full-stack Engineer
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 engineering teams building distributed microservices, full-stack systems, and cloud-based solutions that meet regulatory needs and support customer experiences. It involves setting strategic direction across multiple Agile engineering teams or programs, partnering with product, architecture, and platform leaders on technology roadmaps and investment priorities, and aligning engineering execution with enterprise goals. The position also develops engineering leaders, strengthens succession and leadership capability, and guides the design and implementation of large-scale distributed and cloud-native systems with high reliability and performance requirements. The role is hybrid, with required on-site presence under Capital One’s hybrid policy.
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, 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.
- 1+ year of experience leading architectural design reviews and influencing enterprise-wide technical standards and methodologies.
- 4+ years of experience with databases and database management systems.
- 4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, cloud-based productivity tools, or virtualization technologies.
- 4+ years of experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and automated testing frameworks.
- 4+ years of experience using Git-based version-control systems such as Git, GitHub, or Bitbucket.
- 4+ years of experience troubleshooting technical issues within cloud environments.
- 5+ years of experience contributing to open-source frameworks.
- 5+ years of experience with front-end JavaScript or TypeScript frameworks.
- 5+ years of experience creating synchronous and asynchronous APIs.
- 9+ years of coding experience with more than two of Go, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Rust, C#, or Scala.
- Experience leveraging 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 for scaling engineering capabilities.
- Experience presenting technology roadmaps and investment cases to executive leadership.
Responsibilities
- Lead a portfolio of technology projects and a team of developers building distributed microservices and full-stack systems to meet regulatory needs.
- Mentor engineering talent, participate in technology communities, experiment with new technologies, and occasionally code or evaluate code.
- Collaborate with digital product managers to deliver robust cloud-based solutions.
- Lead teams using programming languages, databases, container orchestration services, 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 other 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 total well-being.
- Eligibility for performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonuses and/or long-term incentives.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
