Senior Software Engineer

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

Job summary

A leading financial services company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their hybrid team in Nottingham. This role involves building and owning the AWS platform for their UK Contact Centre, requiring strong skills in Node/Javascript, Go, and AWS services like Lambda and DynamoDB. The ideal candidate will be proactive and eager to mentor others, contributing significantly to the team's success.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Diversity and inclusion programs

Competitive salary

Qualifications

• Production grade experience in software engineering.
• Development experience within an AWS cloud environment.
• Familiarity with test-driven development practices.
• Proficiency in using monitoring and logging tools.
• Strong communication skills across engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Build and own the AWS estate powering the UK Contact Centre.
• Develop and test software engineering deployments.
• Collaborate on architecture patterns and scalability.
• Contribute to proactive incident management.
• Mentor other engineers and shape standards.

Skills

Node/Javascript

Go

AWS

Infrastructure as code

Back-end architectural patterns

Tools

AWS Lambda

API Gateway

DynamoDB

Jenkins

Job description

We're seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join one of our engineering teams based out of Nottingham. We have a hybrid working model which gives you flexibility to work from our offices and from home, you'll be based in our Nottingham office 3 days a week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

The UK Connect team supports Capital One's UK Contact Centre operation run using Amazon Connect on Amazon Web Services (AWS). This team sits at a fantastic intersection between enabling a busy and thriving contact centre across voice and chat channels, while delivering on its own platform roadmap, and ensuring we maintain a secure and stable service.

The team currently consists of engineers, a Product Manager, a Software Engineering Manager and Application Architect. This team sits within the wider Business Platforms department that looks after other mission critical business applications. There will be excellent opportunities for you to work across teams to ensure we stay aligned and deliver great outcomes for our customers. You will have the opportunity to influence and shape the standards that the wider team operates to, whilst also mentoring other engineers on the team as they broaden their skillset into AWS and software development.

What you'll do

• Be part of an engineering team responsible for building, running and owning the AWS estate that powers the UK Contact Centre platform. This mainly consists of Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3 and our own front end portal that sits on top of Amazon Connect.
• Build, test and own your software engineering development deployments from start to finish.
• Innovate within your team and contribute to your technical domain.
• Deliver key outcomes for the business from inception through to design and hands‑on delivery, in collaboration with your team and wider engineering stakeholders.
• Estimate, scope and plan your work within an agile environment.
• Work closely with your AWS account team to ensure our solutions match target architecture patterns, are scalable to meet our demands and are cost effective.
• Be on hand to activity manage and participate in proactive incident management from an engineering perspective. There is also a chance to join the 24/7 on‑call rota, which includes extra pay.
• We pride ourselves on hiring the best people, not the same people. Building diverse and inclusive teams is the right thing to do and the smart thing to do. We want to work with top talent: whoever you are, whatever you look like, wherever you come from. We know it's about what you do, not just what you say. That's why we make our recruitment process fair and accessible. And we offer benefits that attract people at all ages and stages.
• Experience from internal networks:
  • REACH - Race Equality and Culture Heritage group focuses on representation, retention and engagement for associates from minority ethnic groups and allies
  • OutFront - to provide LGBTQ+ support for all associates
  • Mind Your Mind - signposting support and promoting positive mental wellbeing for all
  • Women in Tech - promoting an inclusive environment in tech
  • EmpowHER - network of female associates and allies focusing on developing future leaders, particularly for female talent in our industry
  • Enabled - focused on supporting associates with disabilities and neurodiversity

Are you a software engineer looking for an opportunity to be a part of a team where your work will directly impact thousands of people every day? Do you have solid knowledge of the software development lifecycle in Node/Javascript or Go? Are you eager to set best practice within an engineering team and lead by example? If yes, we are looking for you! We know that this list may look comprehensive, but please consider an application even if you don't meet all of these requirements.

Qualifications

• Production grade experience of software engineering and knowledge of the software development lifecycle. Ideally, this will be in Node/Javascript or Go.
• Development experience within an AWS cloud environment. In particular any knowledge of running in a serverless ecosystem with AWS Lambda, API Gateway and DynamoDB.
• Familiar and comfortable working in an environment of test driven development and baking quality into the fabric of everything you do.
• A willingness to learn more about Contact Centre operations and what a good digital self service platform looks like.
• Experience of using monitoring & logging tools to troubleshoot problems in a distributed network of systems.
• Excellent understanding of infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipeline management via Jenkins.
• Strong experience in back‑end architectural and design patterns.
• Effective communication and partnering across engineering teams to share solutions and reduce waste.
• Extensive knowledge to successfully identify, troubleshoot and pre‑empt operational issues.
• Proactive approach to problem determination, identifying areas for improvement and system bottlenecks.

At Capital One, we're building a leading information‑based technology company. Still founder‑led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Fairbank, Capital One is on a mission to help our customers succeed by bringing ingenuity, simplicity, and humanity to banking. We measure our efforts by the success our customers enjoy and the advocacy they exhibit. We are succeeding because they are succeeding.

Guided by our shared values, we thrive in an environment where collaboration and openness are valued. We believe that innovation is powered by perspective and that teamwork and respect for each other lead to superior results. We elevate each other and obsess about doing the right thing. Our associates serve with humility and a deep respect for their responsibility in helping our customers achieve their goals and realize their dreams. Together, we are on a quest to change banking for good.