Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack (API Gateway) (Cloud Operations Resilience Engineering)

Capital One•Chicago, IL

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 a Full Stack Software Engineer to join our API Gateway platform team. You will be responsible for the design, deployment, and operational health of our critical API Gateways, which serve as a mission-critical platform for handling all API traffic and driving API strategy at Capital One. The Cloud Operations Resilience Engineering (CORE) Technology division is responsible for enabling and evolving Capital One’s foundational cloud infrastructure layer, including observability, connectivity, resilience and availability.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree
At least 3+ years of experience in software engineering (Internship experience does not apply)

Nice To Haves

5+ years of experience in the following: JavaScript, Java, SQL, Python
3+ years of experience in API Gateway technologies, security and routing configurations
2+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, or another cloud service
2+ years of experience in Agile practices
Experience leveraging interactive AI tooling to accelerate productivity, utilizing capabilities beyond basic code completion

Responsibilities

Lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of our API lifecycle, ensuring a seamless experience across our API portal and service ecosystem.
Engineer robust Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions and automated CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployments and eliminate manual operational overhead.
Drive system reliability by leading incident management, defining technical requirements, and monitoring key performance metrics to ensure platform health.
Shape the long-term technical infrastructure roadmap, including vendor selection and architectural standards, to ensure alignment with enterprise product goals.
Provide dedicated support for our mission-critical API services, including advanced policy creation, proactive troubleshooting, and rapid production issue resolution.
Oversee scalable cloud-native deployments on AWS and GCP, implementing enterprise-grade security standards (such as OAuth 2.0, mTLS, JWT, and JWKS) to safeguard API traffic.
Utilize your expertise in Java, Python, Kubernetes, and observability tools like Datadog to build, secure, and optimize our foundational API infrastructure.