Senior Backend Engineer – Cloud & Microservices Lead

Capital One; Richmond, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 209,000 - 262,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Sr. Lead Software Engineer - Back End to drive backend architectures using Java and Python in a cloud-first environment.

You will lead teams across distributed microservices and full-stack systems, mentoring engineers and shaping technical decisions to meet regulatory and business needs. You will collaborate with product managers, leverage Open Source databases, and deploy on AWS with container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 1+ year of cloud computing experience (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience with Java and Python in production environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of diverse technology projects with distributed microservices.
• Mentor other engineers and participate in code evaluation.
• Collaborate with product managers to deliver cloud-based solutions.
• Work with AWS tools and services and container orchestration (Docker/Kubernetes).

Skills

Java

Python

AWS

Distributed microservices

Full stack systems

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

SQL

NoSQL

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Sr. Lead Software Engineer - Back End to drive backend architectures using Java and Python in a cloud-first environment.

You will lead teams across distributed microservices and full-stack systems, mentoring engineers and shaping technical decisions to meet regulatory and business needs. You will collaborate with product managers, leverage Open Source databases, and deploy on AWS with container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).