Senior Lead Software Engineer, Distributed Systems – Golang, Python, Kubernetes

Capital One

Senior Lead Software Engineer leading a team to develop AI/ML solutions at Capital One. Collaborating on cloud-based solutions to empower millions financially with innovative technology.

Posted 5/27/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California, Massachusetts, New York, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $229,900 - $286,200 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDockerGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaJavaScriptKubernetesMicroservicesNode.jsNoSQLOpen SourcePythonRDBMSSQLTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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 JavaScript, Java, HTML/CSS, TypeScript, SQL, Python, and Go, Open Source RDBMS and NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of AWS tools and services

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree
At least 6 years of experience in software engineering (Internship experience does not apply)
At least 1 year experience with cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
9+ years of experience in at least one of the following: Python, Golang, or Node.js (preferred)
4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service (preferred)
4+ years of experience in open source frameworks (preferred)
2+ years of experience in Kubernetes: hands-on deploying and managing large-scale apps on Kubernetes (preferred)
1+ years of people management experience (preferred)

Benefits

Comp & perks

comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being
performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI)

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaScriptJavaHTMLCSSTypeScriptSQLPythonGoKubernetesCloud Computing

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringcollaborationcommunicationpassion for technologyteam management

Certifications

Bachelor's Degree