Senior Full-Stack Engineer & Cloud Platform Lead

Capital One National Association; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 262,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Full Stack Engineer 5 to lead diverse technology projects and guide a team of developers in distributed microservices and full stack systems. You will mentor peers, stay current with tech trends, and collaborate with product managers to deliver cloud-based experiences for millions of customers.

The role emphasizes architectural leadership, cross-team collaboration, and hands-on engineering across Java/Scala/Python/Node.js stacks with AWS and containerized deployments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related quantitative field
• At least 6 years of software engineering experience
• At least 3 years of experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) or virtualization technologies

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of diverse technology projects and a team of developers with distributed microservices and full stack systems
• Mentor other engineers and participate in tech communities
• Collaborate with product managers to deliver cloud-based solutions for customers
• Define platform roadmaps and long-term technology direction
• Drive end-to-end design and implementation of scalable cloud-native systems

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

Mentoring

API design

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Full Stack Engineer 5 to lead diverse technology projects and guide a team of developers in distributed microservices and full stack systems. You will mentor peers, stay current with tech trends, and collaborate with product managers to deliver cloud-based experiences for millions of customers.

The role emphasizes architectural leadership, cross-team collaboration, and hands-on engineering across Java/Scala/Python/Node.js stacks with AWS and containerized deployments.