Capital One

Full Stack Engineer 5

Capital One
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Base Salary

$209k - $239k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Lead a portfolio of technology projects and a team of developers building distributed microservices and full-stack systems.
  • Design and implement large-scale, distributed, cloud-native systems with high reliability and performance requirements.
  • Provide technical leadership across multiple teams and shape system architecture and long-term technology direction.
  • Partner with architects and product leaders to define platform roadmaps and shared-services strategy.
  • Build cloud-based solutions and developer tooling for the Developer Experience organization.
  • Mentor engineers, support professional development, and contribute to internal and external technology communities.
  • Lead architectural design reviews, establish coding standards and design patterns, and influence enterprise-wide technical strategy.
  • Implement observability and reliability practices and use observability to optimize distributed-system performance.

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: master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
  • Preferred: 9+ years coding with more than two listed programming languages and 5+ years with open source frameworks, front-end JavaScript or TypeScript frameworks, or synchronous and asynchronous APIs.
  • Preferred: 4+ years with databases, cloud technologies, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, automated testing frameworks, Git-based version control, or cloud troubleshooting.
  • Preferred: experience mentoring senior engineers, leading architectural reviews, establishing coding standards, implementing observability and reliability at scale, and leading large-scale technical initiatives.
  • Preferred: experience with modern AI-based coding tools, interactive AI tooling, and influencing technology strategy at the portfolio or business-unit level.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, financial, and other benefits supporting total well-being, with eligibility varying by employment status and management level.
  • Full-time role based on the listed location-specific salary range for Chicago, Illinois; applications accepted for a minimum of 5 business days.
  • Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.
Capital One

About Capital One

10,000+ employees

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.

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