
Full-stack Engineer 5
Capital One4 days ago
Richmond, VA, USA +2 moreStaff+
Base Salary
$209k - $286k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead a portfolio of technology projects and a team of developers building distributed microservices and full-stack systems.
- Own and evolve the Rust-based Apollo Enterprise Router, including query execution, planning, controls, rate limiting, and persisted-query enforcement.
- Drive the federated GraphQL supergraph schema lifecycle, including deployment, composition validation, hot reload, rollback, and subgraph integration.
- Build and maintain router plugins using Rust native plugins, Rhai scripting, and external coprocessors.
- Lead SRE and operational excellence for the federated platform, including monitoring, alerting, escalations, vulnerability remediation, and vendor product maintenance.
- Provide technical leadership across teams, shape architecture and technology direction, and define platform roadmaps and shared-services strategy.
- Mentor engineering community members and senior engineers while driving professional development.
- Design and implement large-scale distributed and cloud-native systems with high reliability and performance requirements.
- Collaborate with product managers, architects, product leaders, and subgraph engineering teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
- 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.
- Preferred experience includes a master’s degree, 9+ years coding in multiple listed languages, open source frameworks, front-end JavaScript or TypeScript frameworks, APIs, databases, cloud technologies, automated testing, Git-based version control, and cloud troubleshooting.
- Preferred experience includes federated GraphQL platforms, at least 2 years of Rust development, observability, reliability practices, architectural design reviews, enterprise technology standards, coding standards, mentoring, and cross-functional technical leadership.
- Experience with modern AI-based coding tools, interactive AI tooling, and enterprise technology strategy is preferred.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement with required on-site presence according to Capital One’s hybrid policy.
- Comprehensive health, financial, and other benefits supporting total well-being, with eligibility varying by employment status and management level.
- Eligible for performance-based incentive compensation, including potential cash bonuses or long-term incentives.
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About Capital One
Capital One is a U.S. consumer and commercial bank that offers credit cards, checking and savings accounts, auto financing, and lending to small and large businesses. It earns revenue from interest income and interchange/fees across its card and banking products, and develops cloud-based digital services. Founded in 1994, Capital One is publicly traded on the NYSE (COF) and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.