Lead Platform Engineer

Capital One Group; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer in Chicago to drive DevOps tooling and platform modernization. You will work with product owners to specify capabilities, collaborate across teams, and lead automated testing and deployment efforts.

The role emphasizes scalability, reliability, and staying current with technology trends. You will mentor engineers, participate in agile ceremonies, and help implement end-to-end solutions across technology layers.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience with build and deployment tools (Jenkins, GitHub, or Artifactory).
• 2+ years of leadership experience.
• Experience with AWS cloud services.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product owners to understand application capabilities and testing scenarios.
• Communicate with technical, third-party, and business resources through documentation and discussion.
• Engineer integrated end-to-end support frameworks across technology layers with other platforms.
• Lead automated testing efforts to ensure successful production deployments.
• Design, develop, test, implement and support technical solutions within Agile teams.
• Drive craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of solutions.
• Mentor other engineers and advocate for cutting-edge technologies and inclusive teamwork.

Skills

Team leadership

Agile practices

Communication

Tools

AWS

Jenkins

GitHub

Artifactory

Job description

Lead Platform Engineer

Do you love building and pioneering in the technology space? Do you enjoy solving complex technical problems in a fast-paced, collaborative, inclusive, and iterative delivery environment? At Capital One, you'll be part of a big group of makers, breakers, doers and disruptors, who love to solve real problems and meet real customer needs. We are seeking Platform Engineers who are passionate about creating and supporting DevOps tools with emerging technologies to join our team. As a Platform Engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to be on the forefront of driving a major transformation within Capital One.

What You’ll Do:

• Work with product owners to understand desired application capabilities and testing scenarios
• Communicate with technical, third parties, and business resources verbally and through written documentation
• Collaborate with other Tech platforms and partners to engineer an integrated, end-to-end support frameworks across technology layers
• Assimilate information and requirements from a variety of sources into one comprehensive view
• Execute automated testing efforts required to ensure successful implementation of solutions into production
• Work within and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement and support technical solutions
• Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of your solutions
• Bring a passion to stay on top of tech trends, experiment with and learn new technologies, participate in internal & external technology communities, and mentor other members of the engineering community
• Encourage innovation, implementation of cutting-edge technologies, inclusion, outside-of-the-box thinking, teamwork, self-organization, and diversity
• Utilize scripting languages like Python, SQL, Container Orchestration services including Docker and ECS, CM tools, and a variety of AWS tools and services

Basic Qualifications:

• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent certification
• At least 6 years of experience using build and deployment tools (Jenkins, GitHub, or Artifactory)
• At least 4 years of experience with AWS
• At least 2 years of team leadership experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience with AWS
• 2+ years of experience in Agile practices

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization, or offer any immigration related support for this position (e.g. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, E-3, and O-1, or any other forms of work authorization that require immigration support from an employer).

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting.

Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

• Chicago, IL: $149,800 - $171,000 for Lead Platform Engineer
• McLean, VA: $164,800 - $188,100 for Lead Platform Engineer
• Richmond, VA: $149,800 - $171,000 for Lead Platform Engineer

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.

This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part‑time status, exempt or non‑exempt status, and management level. This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days. No agencies please.

Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non‑discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug‑free workplace.

Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23‑A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

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