Lead Backend Engineer (Python) for Cloud & Microservices

Capital One; North Dakota; On-site; USD 145,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Lead Software Engineer (Python) to lead a portfolio of backend systems across distributed microservices and cloud environments. You will guide a team of developers, mentor engineers, and contribute code as needed, while collaborating with product managers on robust cloud-based solutions for a broad user base.

The role emphasizes Python, Java, SQL, Node, Go, and Scala, with Docker/Kubernetes and AWS/GCP/Azure skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field.
• At least 4 years of professional software engineering experience.
• At least 1 year experience with cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud).
• Open to candidates with strong leadership and mentoring experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of diverse technology projects and a team of developers with distributed microservices experience.
• Mentor engineers and occasionally contribute code.
• Collaborate with product managers to deliver robust cloud-based solutions for millions of users.
• Work with Java, Python, SQL, Node, Go, and Scala across AWS tools and services.

Skills

Python

Java

Go

Scala

SQL

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Lead Software Engineer (Python) to lead a portfolio of backend systems across distributed microservices and cloud environments. You will guide a team of developers, mentor engineers, and contribute code as needed, while collaborating with product managers on robust cloud-based solutions for a broad user base.

The role emphasizes Python, Java, SQL, Node, Go, and Scala, with Docker/Kubernetes and AWS/GCP/Azure skills.