Platform Engineering Lead (AWS & DevOps)

Capital One; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to drive DevOps tooling and platform transformation in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. The role emphasizes building scalable cloud-based solutions, mentoring engineers, and staying current with emerging technologies.

You will collaborate across teams to design, implement, and support end-to-end frameworks, ensure test automation, and cultivate an inclusive, high-performance engineering culture in Chicago, IL.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Understand desired application capabilities with product owners.
• Communicate with technical, third parties, and business resources.
• Collaborate to engineer end-to-end support frameworks across technology layers.
• Assimilate information from multiple sources into one comprehensive view.
• Execute automated testing for production deployments.
• Work within Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement and support technical solutions.
• Lead craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of solutions.
• Mentor other engineers and stay on top of tech trends; participate in tech communities.
• Encourage innovation, inclusion, and teamwork.
• Use Python, SQL, Docker, ECS, CM tools, and AWS services.

Skills

Team leadership

Agile practices

Communication skills

Tools

Docker

ECS

Jenkins

GitHub

Artifactory

AWS

Python

SQL

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to drive DevOps tooling and platform transformation in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. The role emphasizes building scalable cloud-based solutions, mentoring engineers, and staying current with emerging technologies.

You will collaborate across teams to design, implement, and support end-to-end frameworks, ensure test automation, and cultivate an inclusive, high-performance engineering culture in Chicago, IL.