Lead Backend Engineer, Enterprise Platforms (AWS)

Capital One; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Lead Software Engineer, Back End to drive a portfolio of distributed microservices and full‑stack systems. You will mentor engineers, occasionally code, and collaborate with product managers to deliver cloud‑based solutions used by millions of customers.

The role requires strong experience with Java, Python, SQL, Node, Go, and Scala, plus AWS/GCP/Azure cloud services and containerization with Docker/Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in a related field.
• Minimum 4 years of professional software engineering experience.
• At least 1 year of cloud computing experience (AWS/Azure/GCP).

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of diverse technology projects and a software team.
• Mentor engineers and review code as needed.
• Collaborate with product managers to deliver robust cloud-based solutions.
• Work with Java, Python, SQL, Node, Go, Scala and cloud services.

Skills

Distributed microservices

Full-stack systems

Mentoring

Agile practices

Cloud computing

Open source frameworks

AI tooling

Education

Bachelors Degree

Masters Degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

SQL

NoSQL

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Lead Software Engineer, Back End to drive a portfolio of distributed microservices and full‑stack systems. You will mentor engineers, occasionally code, and collaborate with product managers to deliver cloud‑based solutions used by millions of customers.

The role requires strong experience with Java, Python, SQL, Node, Go, and Scala, plus AWS/GCP/Azure cloud services and containerization with Docker/Kubernetes.