Lead Software Engineer, Messaging Dispatch

Capital One

Lead Software Engineer developing innovative cloud-based solutions with AI and Machine Learning for Capital One. Drive personal finance experiences for millions of Americans through a skilled engineering team.

Posted 6/10/2026full-timeMcLean • New York, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $197,300 - $225,100 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudETLGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaJavaScriptMicroservicesOpen SourcePythonSQLTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead a portfolio of diverse technology projects and guide a team of developers with deep experience in distributed microservices and full stack systems to create solutions
Collaborate with digital product managers to design and deliver robust cloud-based solutions that drive powerful, personalized experiences to help millions of Americans achieve financial empowerment
Direct the design, development, testing, and implementation of technical solutions using AI technologies, large language models (LLMs), and cloud infrastructure, ensuring sound data design practices are applied
Leverage a diverse technical stack including Java, JavaScript, Python, and Go, alongside modern cloud infrastructure, and advanced AWS ecosystems to deliver high-performance software solutions
Champion the growth of our engineering community through active mentorship, while driving excellence in delivery by conducting rigorous code reviews to ensure technical solutions are performant and maintainable

Requirements

What you’ll need

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, JavaScript, Python, Go, TypeScript, or SQL (preferred)
3+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service (preferred)
4+ years of experience working with various open source frameworks (preferred)
4+ years of experience leading technical direction and executing large scale projects across multiple engineering teams (preferred)
2+ years of experience in Agile practices (preferred)
1+ years of experience working with big data ETL using Dataflow, AWS Glue or Databricks (preferred)
1+ years of experience utilizing Generative AI coding tools and advanced LLM capabilities (such as Claude Code) to enhance engineering productivity (preferred)
1+ years of experience in prompt engineering or developing features enhanced by Artificial Intelligence (preferred)
Experience utilizing advanced AI tooling and LLM capabilities to drive engineering productivity and innovation

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaJavaScriptPythonGoTypeScriptSQLcloud computingbig data ETLGenerative AIprompt engineering

Soft Skills

leadershipmentorshipcollaborationcode reviewcommunication

Certifications

Bachelor’s DegreeMaster’s Degree