Senior Lead Software Engineer, Back End (Java, Scala, AWS)

Capital One Financial Corporation
McLean, VA, United States
5 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
1 year minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure Cloud Computing Distributed Systems Python (Programming Language) PostgreSQL Node.Js NoSQL Scala (Programming Language) Software Engineering SQL Databases
+5 more
Google Cloud Kubernetes Docker Golang Microservices

Job description

Experteer Overview In this role you will lead a portfolio of back-end and distributed systems projects, guiding a team of experienced engineers to deliver cloud-based, regulatory-compliant solutions. You will collaborate with product managers and cross-functional teams to drive transformation and enable financial empowerment for millions of users. You’ll stay at the forefront of technology, mentor others, and contribute to coding and code evaluation as needed. This position combines leadership, hands-on engineering, and strategic impact within Capital One’s cloud-first initiatives. Compensation / Benefits * Lead a diverse portfolio of technology projects and guide a team of developers in distributed microservices and full-stack systems * Mentor engineering colleagues, stay current with tech trends, and occasionally code or evaluate code * Collaborate with digital product managers to deliver cloud-based solutions that enable customer experiences at scale * Utilize Java, Python, SQL, Node, Go, Scala, Open Source RDBMS/NoSQL databases, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS tools to build solutions * Contribute to transformation initiatives within Capital One through technical leadership and delivery excellence Tasks * Bachelor’s Degree * 6+ years of professional software engineering experience * 1+ year of cloud computing experience (AWS, Azure, GCP) Key requirements * health benefits * financial benefits * incentives (bonus and long-term incentives)

Requirements

Node, Go, Scala, Open Source RDBMS/NoSQL databases, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS tools to build solutions * Contribute to transformation initiatives within Capital One through technical leadership and delivery excellence Tasks * Bachelor’s Degree * 6+ years of professional software engineering experience * 1+ year of cloud computing experience (AWS, Azure, GCP) Key requirements * health benefits * financial benefits * incentives (bonus and long-term incentives)

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