Software Engineer - Travel Tech - Backend

Location: 161 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Challenging work with real impact, a team that cares deeply about the code shipped, and a product that real people use when planning their next trip. Build the next generation of the travel portal: from planning a trip to booking.

• Work as part of a dynamic team throughout the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Act as a tech lead owning technical design for cross‑functional, fault‑tolerant application systems.
• Continuously improve software engineering developer experience; identify gaps in existing internal framework and tools and contribute.
• Establish engineering best practices and standards, such as code review standards.
• Provide technical expertise and problem solving; define technical standards and provide technical support to ensure best practices are consistently met.
• Exercise architecture ownership—apply strong understanding of evolving technology, follow High Level Design (HLD) methodology and contribute to HLD.
• Provide mentorship to junior and intermediate associates through engineering best practices and standards.

• At least 6 years of hands‑on development experience, preferably using Java, Python, Go or other object‑oriented programming languages.
• At least 6 years of experience with application and/or data design, architecture and development.
• Experience with AWS (highly preferred) or other cloud products (Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud).
• Experience providing mentorship to junior/intermediate associates and guiding technical and business stakeholders.

• 8+ years of experience leading the full life‑cycle of software development.
• Bachelor's, Master’s or Diploma in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or related field.
• Experience working in an agile environment and familiar with agile development methodologies.
• Experience working at Capital One.

• Hybrid work environment with 3 days in the office.
• One‑time Work From Home allowance and comfortable workspace setup.
• Support for you and those most important to you: full coverage for spouses, domestic partners and dependents.
• Up to $3,000 in mental health coverage.
• Up to $5,000 in tuition subsidies per year.

Compensation: Expected annual salary range $157,400 - $179,600. Eligible for performance‑based incentive compensation.

Capital One Canada is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We consider all qualified applicants and will meet the needs of those requiring reasonable accommodations.