Capital One

Full-stack Engineer 4 (Bank Tech)

Capital One
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3 days ago
Richmond, VA, USA or McLean, VA, USAStaff+

Base Salary

$179k - $225k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Lead a portfolio of technology projects and a team of developers building distributed microservices and full-stack systems.
  • Deliver robust cloud-based solutions in collaboration with digital product managers.
  • Use Java, Scala, Python, Go, Node.js, JavaScript, TypeScript, databases, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS services.
  • Provide technical leadership across engineering teams and establish standards for design, development, and operational excellence.
  • Partner with architects to define service boundaries, integration patterns, and reusable frameworks.
  • Identify improvement opportunities, reduce technical debt, and optimize distributed-system performance.
  • Influence long-term technology strategy by evaluating emerging tools and practices.
  • Mentor engineers and contribute to internal and external technology communities.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
  • At least 4 years of software engineering experience; internship experience does not apply.
  • At least 2 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: 7+ years coding with more than two of Go, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Rust, C#, or Scala.
  • Preferred: 3+ years with databases and database management systems, and 3+ years with cloud technologies.
  • Preferred: 4+ years contributing to open source frameworks and 3+ years with front-end JavaScript or TypeScript frameworks.
  • Preferred: 4+ years creating synchronous and asynchronous APIs.
  • Preferred: 3+ years with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, automated testing frameworks, and Git-based version-control systems.
  • Preferred: 3+ years troubleshooting cloud environments and experience with AI-based coding tools and interactive AI productivity tooling.
  • Preferred: at least 1 year mentoring engineers, driving professional development, and using observability to optimize distributed-system performance.
  • Preferred: experience leading cross-functional engineering efforts, large-scale technical initiatives, and coding-standard or design-pattern adoption.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, financial, and other benefits supporting employee well-being, with eligibility varying by employment status and management level.
  • Eligible for performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonuses and long-term incentives.
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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