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Sr Lead Software Engineer

Job in McLean, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
Listing for: Capital One
Full Time, Part Time position
Listed on 2026-06-27
Job specializations:
  • Software Development
    Software Engineer, Cloud Engineer - Software, Full Stack Developer, DevOps
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 229900 - 262400 USD Yearly USD 229900.00 262400.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
## Sr Lead Software Engineer Apply locations:
McLean, VAtime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
R245460

Sr Lead Software Engineer 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 love to solve real problems and meet real customer needs. We are seeking Back End Software Engineers who are passionate about marrying data with emerging technologies.

As a Capital One Software Engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to be on the forefront of driving a major transformation within Capital One.
Our team is at the forefront of protecting millions of customers by building high-throughput, real-time streaming pipelines and services that evaluate credit card transactions for fraud as they happen. Operating at the intersection of application engineering, data engineering, and data science, we utilize a robust stack of Java, Python, and Go deployed natively on AWS to scale our machine learning scoring models and decision engines.

As an engineer on this team, you will dive into cutting-edge machine learning feature engineering, continuous experimentation, and the development of agentic tooling for advanced data analysis. Join us to solve complex, high-stakes distributed systems problems where your code directly safeguards financial transactions in milliseconds.
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* What You’ll Do:

***** 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 No

SQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of AWS tools and services
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* Basic Qualifications:

***** Bachelor’s Degree
* At least 6 years of professional software engineering experience (Internship experience does not apply)
* At least 1 year experience with cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
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* Preferred Qualifications:

***** Master’s Degree
* 9+ years of experience in at least one of the following:
Java, Scala, Python, Go, or Node.js
* 3+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service
* 4+ years of experience in open source frameworks
* 1+ years 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. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

McLean, VA: $229,900 - $262,400 for Sr. Lead Software Engineer Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.

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…
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