Senior Full-Stack Engineering Leader | Cloud & Architecture

Capital One Group; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a senior engineering leader to drive a portfolio of cloud-native, distributed systems projects. You will mentor engineers, shape architecture, and partner with product managers to deliver robust solutions at scale.

You will be proficient in multiple languages (Go, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Rust, Scala) and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), with strong experience in CI/CD, IaC, and observability to optimize performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field required; Master's preferred
• 6+ years of software engineering experience; internship excluded
• 3+ years of experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Experience coding in multiple languages (Go, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Rust, C#, Scala) with 9+ years total
• 5+ years contributing to open source frameworks
• 5+ years of front-end JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks experience
• 4+ years of API design and development (synchronous/asynchronous)
• 4+ years of database systems experience
• 4+ years of cloud infrastructure and tooling experience
• 4+ years of CI/CD, IaC, and automated testing experience
• 4+ years of Git-based version control experience
• 3+ years mentoring senior engineers and driving development
• 2+ years observability to optimize distributed systems
• 1+ year leading architectural design reviews and setting standards
• 1+ year implementing observability and reliability at scale
• Experience with AI-based coding tools and IDE copilots
• Experience influencing technology strategy at portfolio level
• Experience with interactive AI tooling to accelerate productivity

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of diverse technology projects and a team of developers
• Collaborate with product managers to deliver cloud-based solutions
• Provide technical leadership across multiple teams and define platform roadmaps
• Drive end-to-end design and implementation of large-scale distributed or cloud-native systems
• Mentor engineers and shape enterprise-wide technical standards
• Influence architecture decisions and promote observability and reliability at scale

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud architecture

Mentoring

Java

Scala

Python

Go

Node.js

JavaScript/TypeScript

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

CI/CD

Infra as Code

Git

Observability

AI tooling

Architectural design

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub/Git

CI/CD tools

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Capital One is seeking a senior engineering leader to drive a portfolio of cloud-native, distributed systems projects. You will mentor engineers, shape architecture, and partner with product managers to deliver robust solutions at scale.

You will be proficient in multiple languages (Go, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Rust, Scala) and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), with strong experience in CI/CD, IaC, and observability to optimize performance.