Full-stack Engineer 5 (GraphDB & API Platform) (Enterprise Platforms Technology)
Capital One16 days ago
Richmond, VA, USA or Plano, TX, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$209k - $262k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture, end-to-end design, and implementation of highly available cloud-native microservices, APIs, data contracts, and shared platform services.
- Modernize foundational customer data platforms and maintain interoperability across database technologies and distributed systems.
- Define long-term technology direction and self-service capabilities with product managers, database architects, and engineering leaders.
- Drive automation, observability, reliability, performance optimization, and developer productivity improvements.
- Use Java, Scala, Python, Go, Node.js, JavaScript, TypeScript, databases, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS services.
- Mentor technical talent, influence strategy across multiple engineering teams, and contribute to engineering communities.
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 in two or more listed languages, 5+ years with open-source frameworks, and 5+ years with modern front-end JavaScript or TypeScript frameworks.
- Preferred: 5+ years designing synchronous and asynchronous APIs and API platform architectures, plus 5+ years with GraphDB platforms and 4+ years with traditional databases or DBMS.
- Preferred: 4+ years designing distributed cloud-native platforms, serverless and container-based architectures, large-scale data processing, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, automated testing, and Git-based version control.
- Preferred: experience troubleshooting cloud environments and implementing observability and reliability practices at scale.
- Preferred: 3+ years mentoring senior engineers and 1+ year leading architectural reviews and enterprise technical standards.
- Direct experience with AI-based coding tools, IDE copilots, and interactive AI tooling, plus cross-functional engineering leadership and portfolio-level technology influence.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health, financial, and other benefits supporting employee well-being, with eligibility varying by employment and management status.
- Full-time annual salary ranges vary by location: McLean, VA $229,900–$262,400 and Richmond, VA $209,000–$238,500.
- The role is eligible for performance-based incentive compensation, including cash bonuses and/or long-term incentives.
- Applications are expected to be accepted for a minimum of 5 business days.
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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.