Senior Full-Stack Engineer Lead – Cloud Platforms

HITEC; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 262,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One seeks a senior Full-stack Engineer 5 (Senior Manager, IC) to lead a portfolio of cloud-based, distributed systems. You will guide teams across Java, Scala, Python, Go, Node.js and TypeScript, leveraging AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, and modern observability practices.

You will collaborate with product managers to shape platform roadmaps and deliver high-availability solutions with a strong emphasis on reliability and performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or related quantitative field.
• 6+ years of software engineering experience.
• 3+ years with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) or virtualization tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of diverse technology projects and a team of developers.
• Mentor other engineers and participate in engineering communities.
• Deliver cloud-based solutions that impact millions of users.

Skills

Java

Scala

Python

Go

Node.js/JavaScript

TypeScript

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

Software architecture

Mentoring

Observability

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS or related field

Master’s Degree preferred

Tools

Git (GitHub/Bitbucket)

Container Orchestration (Kubernetes)

RDBMS/NoSQL

Terraform/CloudFormation

Job description

Capital One seeks a senior Full-stack Engineer 5 (Senior Manager, IC) to lead a portfolio of cloud-based, distributed systems. You will guide teams across Java, Scala, Python, Go, Node.js and TypeScript, leveraging AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, and modern observability practices.

You will collaborate with product managers to shape platform roadmaps and deliver high-availability solutions with a strong emphasis on reliability and performance.