Senior Full-Stack Leader — Tech Strategy & People

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

Job summary

Capital One in McLean, VA seeks a Senior Manager, Full-stack Engineer-People Leader to guide high-performing teams across distributed microservices and full-stack systems. You will mentor engineers, influence technical strategy, and drive major technology transformations in EDT, focusing on data platforms, AI readiness, and secure, scalable solutions.

The role demands hands-on leadership, deep cloud experience (AWS/GCP/Azure), strong collaboration with product and architecture teams, and a track

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of software engineering experience.
• Minimum 3 years of experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Minimum 3 years of people management experience.
• Experience leading architectural design reviews and standards is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of diverse technology projects and a team of developers.
• Collaborate with product managers to define multi-year roadmaps.
• Drive end-to-end design and delivery of large-scale cloud-native systems.

Skills

People leadership

Distributed microservices

Mentoring

Agile leadership

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

CI/CD

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Capital One in McLean, VA seeks a Senior Manager, Full-stack Engineer-People Leader to guide high-performing teams across distributed microservices and full-stack systems. You will mentor engineers, influence technical strategy, and drive major technology transformations in EDT, focusing on data platforms, AI readiness, and secure, scalable solutions.

The role demands hands-on leadership, deep cloud experience (AWS/GCP/Azure), strong collaboration with product and architecture teams, and a track