Senior Lead Software Engineer, Full Stack; Java, Angular, AWS

Senior Lead Software Engineer, Full Stack (Java, Angular, AWS)

Do you love building and pioneering in the technology space? Do you enjoy solving complex business problems in a fast‑paced, collaborative, inclusive, and iterative delivery environment? At Capital One, you’ll be part of a big group of makers, breakers, doers and disruptors who solve real problems and meet real customer needs. We are seeking full‑stack software engineers who are passionate about marrying data with emerging technologies.

As a Capital One Senior Lead Software Engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to be on the forefront of driving a major transformation within Capital One.

Join a team dedicated to building high‑performance, cloud‑native platforms from the ground up to enable secure spending for millions of cardholders. Our engineers leverage a modern, high‑resiliency stack, including Java, Go, and AWS native services like Lambda and Fargate, to solve complex challenges in financial issuance, real‑time security, and global payment servicing. This role offers the rare opportunity to drive technical modernization of critical infrastructure while ensuring low‑latency performance at a massive scale.

You will have the flexibility to work across various features, providing a deep dive into sophisticated financial domains while making a direct impact on core operations.

• 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 and 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, Type Script, SQL, Python, and Go, open‑source RDBMS and No
  
  SQL databases, container orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of AWS tools and services.

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• At least 6 years of experience in software engineering (internship experience does not apply).
• At least 1 year of experience with cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud).

• Master’s Degree.
• 9+ years of experience in at least one of the following:
  JavaScript, Java, Type Script, SQL, Python, or Go.
• 4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, or another cloud service.
• 4+ years of experience in open‑source frameworks.
• 1+ year of people management experience.
• 2+ years of experience in Agile practices.
• Experience leveraging interactive AI tooling to accelerate productivity, utilizing capabilities beyond basic code completion.

Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The minimum and maximum full‑time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Chicago, IL: $209,000 - $238,500 for Sr. Lead Software Engineer.

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.

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well‑being.

Capital One is an equal‑opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non‑discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug‑free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries.