Lead Software Engineer, Full Stack (Golang, Python, Java, AWS) at Capital One — McLean, USA | Base Career

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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 Full Stack Software Engineers who are passionate about marrying data with emerging technologies.

As a Capital One Lead Software Engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to be on the forefront of driving a major transformation within Capital One.

About the Team:

Card Intelligent Decisions & Experiences (CIDX) in Card Tech+ is responsible for the decisioning technology that guides our customers through their entire credit journey - from marketing, to product offers, real-time transaction approvals, and more.

Within this organization, the Decisioning Platform (DP) team is transforming decision-making at Capital One by developing a transparent, explainable framework for creating and executing complex credit decisions.

This framework integrates orchestration, data fetching, and computation into single, unified execution to support a variety of decisions, such as credit card pre-approvals and credit line changes.

Our platform leverages modern, cloud-native technologies—including serverless AWS infrastructure—to meet enterprise-scale needs.

Within this ecosystem, our Decisioning Platform E2E Platform Horizontals squad is the engine behind the platform's reliability, focused on strengthening the foundational capabilities and driving architectural excellence.

We lead key horizontal initiatives, including scalability, observability, E2E testing, multi-tenancy, and a self-service user interface to democratize platform accessibility.

What You’ll Do

Lead a portfolio of diverse technology projects and a team of developers with deep experience in distributed microservices, and full stack systems to create solutions that help meet regulatory needs for the company

Share your passion for staying on top of tech trends, experimenting with and learning new technologies, participating in internal & external technology communities, mentoring other members of the engineering community

7+ years of experience in at least one of the following: JavaScript, Java, TypeScript, SQL, Python, or Go

3+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, or another cloud service

4+ years of experience in open source frameworks

1+ years of people management experience

2+ years of experience in Agile practices

Experience leveraging interactive AI tooling to accelerate productivity, utilizing capabilities beyond basic code completion

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization, or offer any immigration related support for this position (e.g.

H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, E-3, and O-1, or any other forms of work authorization that require immigration support from an employer).

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location.

Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting.

Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being.

Learn more at the Capital One Careers website.

Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1-800-304-9102 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@capitalone.com.

All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.

For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email to Careers@capitalone.com

Capital One does not provide, endorse nor guarantee and is not liable for third-party products, services, educational tools or other information available through this site.

Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities.

Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).

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