Senior Backend Architect (Go/Java/Python) Microservices Lead

Capital One National Association; Virginia, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 209,000 - 239,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer, Back End, to spearhead the modernization roadmap of our backend services. You will lead a portfolio of microservices projects, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and help shape an architecture that scales to millions of customer interactions.

The role requires strong backend expertise, leadership and hands-on coding in Java, Python and Go, with experience in AWS and modern container orchestration.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of technology projects and a team of developers in distributed microservices.
• Mentor engineers, stay current with tech trends, and contribute code when needed.
• Collaborate with product managers to deliver cloud-based solutions for millions of users.
• Use Java, Python, SQL, Node, Go, Scala and various AWS services to build backend systems.

Skills

Go

Python

Java

Distributed systems

Cloud computing

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer, Back End, to spearhead the modernization roadmap of our backend services. You will lead a portfolio of microservices projects, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and help shape an architecture that scales to millions of customer interactions.

The role requires strong backend expertise, leadership and hands-on coding in Java, Python and Go, with experience in AWS and modern container orchestration.