Lead Backend Engineer | Go, AWS & Cloud Systems

capitalone; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 197,300 - 225,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentives

Health benefits

Career growth

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Lead Software Engineer - Back End to lead a portfolio of distributed microservices and drive backend solutions in Go and AWS. You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product managers, and stay current with cloud technologies to empower millions of customers.

Ideal candidates have strong Golang and AWS experience, hands-on leadership, and a passion for delivering robust, scalable systems in a financial services context.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field.
• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Minimum 1 year cloud experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

Responsibilities

• Lead projects and a team of developers in microservices and distributed systems.
• Collaborate with product managers to deliver cloud-based solutions.
• Mentor engineers and review code when needed.
• Work with Java, Python, SQL, Node, Go, Scala and AWS services.

Skills

Golang

AWS

Microservices

Distributed systems

SQL

Python

Java

Kubernetes

Docker

Scala

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Lead Software Engineer - Back End to lead a portfolio of distributed microservices and drive backend solutions in Go and AWS. You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product managers, and stay current with cloud technologies to empower millions of customers.

Ideal candidates have strong Golang and AWS experience, hands-on leadership, and a passion for delivering robust, scalable systems in a financial services context.