Lead Platform Engineer, Shared Platforms (Hybrid)

Capital One; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Strong career progression

Generous holiday entitlement

Private medical insurance

Open-plan workspaces

Subsidised restaurant

Job summary

Capital One is hiring a Lead Software Development Engineer in Nottingham. This role involves leading engineering teams to design and develop software features, ensuring high performance and security in cloud-based projects. You will be responsible for implementing solutions and driving best practices across teams.

The position offers a hybrid working model with three days in the office, excellent career progression opportunities, and a range of core and flexible benefits including medical insurance.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of designing secure, high-performance architectures at scale.
• Exceptional programming skills in modern OO languages, preferably Java.
• Experience with Spring and Spring Boot.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team or cross-functional engineering team to design and develop software features.
• Work with stakeholders to understand product direction and translate requirements.
• Drive engineering best practices and set standards across the team.

Skills

Designing secure, high-performance architectures

Programming skills in Java

Building APIs

Cloud-based projects

Experience with CI/CD tools

Familiarity with OpenTelemetry

Effective communication

Advocacy for quality

Tools

Spring

Spring Boot

AWS

Jenkins

JUnit

Mockito

Job description

Capital One is hiring a Lead Software Development Engineer in Nottingham. This role involves leading engineering teams to design and develop software features, ensuring high performance and security in cloud-based projects. You will be responsible for implementing solutions and driving best practices across teams.

The position offers a hybrid working model with three days in the office, excellent career progression opportunities, and a range of core and flexible benefits including medical insurance.