Senior Full-Stack Engineer: Cloud & Microservices (Remote)

Capital One; Des Moines (IA); Remote; USD 209,000 - 239,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Full-stack Engineer 5 (Remote - Eligible) to lead a portfolio of diverse tech projects and mentor teams. You will work across distributed microservices, leverage Java, Scala, Python, Go, Node.js, and modern JS/TS frameworks, and help define platform roadmaps.

You will collaborate with product managers to deliver robust cloud-based solutions for millions of customers, with a focus on reliability, performance, and scalable architecture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or a related quantitative field.
• 6+ years of software engineering experience.
• 3+ years of cloud platform experience (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Master's degree and 9+ years coding across multiple languages are preferred.
• Strong API, front-end, database, CI/CD and observability experience.
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading architectural reviews.

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of diverse tech projects and a team on distributed microservices.
• Mentor engineers and participate in internal/external tech communities.
• Collaborate with product managers to deliver cloud-based solutions for customers.
• Shape system architecture and long-term technology direction.
• Drive end-to-end design of large-scale, cloud-native systems with reliability.

Skills

Bachelor's degree or higher in CS

6+ years experience

3+ years cloud experience

6+ years software engineering

9+ years coding in multiple languages

Open source contributions

Front-end JS/TS frameworks

APIs (synchronous/asynchronous)

Databases

CI/CD / IaC / testing

Git version control

Troubleshooting cloud environments

Mentoring engineers

Observability & performance

Architectural design reviews

Coding standards & design patterns

AI-assisted coding tools

Strategy influence at portfolio level

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Master's degree in CS or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Full-stack Engineer 5 (Remote - Eligible) to lead a portfolio of diverse tech projects and mentor teams. You will work across distributed microservices, leverage Java, Scala, Python, Go, Node.js, and modern JS/TS frameworks, and help define platform roadmaps.

You will collaborate with product managers to deliver robust cloud-based solutions for millions of customers, with a focus on reliability, performance, and scalable architecture.