Lead Software Engineer, Backend

Capital One

full-time

Posted on: 9/26/2025

Location Type: Office

Location: McLean • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $193,400 - $220,700 per year

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About the role

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, and from time to time, be asked to code or evaluate code
Collaborate with digital product managers, and deliver robust cloud-based solutions that drive powerful experiences to help millions of Americans achieve financial empowerment
Utilize programming languages like Java, Python, SQL, Node, Go, and Scala, Open Source RDBMS and NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of AWS tools and services

Bachelor’s Degree
At least 4 years of professional software engineering experience (Internship experience does not apply)
At least 1 year experience with cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
Master's Degree (preferred)
7+ years of experience in at least one of the following: Java, Scala, Python, Go, or Node.js (preferred)
2+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service (preferred)
4+ years of experience in open source frameworks (preferred)
1+ years of people management experience (preferred)
2+ years of experience in Agile practices (preferred)
Experience with Java, Python, SQL, Node, Go, and Scala; Open Source RDBMS and NoSQL databases; Docker and Kubernetes; and various AWS tools and services
At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization, or offer any immigration related support for this position

Benefits

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being.
This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.

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