Senior Lead Full-Stack Engineer: Cloud & Microservices

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

Job summary

Capital One seeks a Sr. Lead / Sr. Manager IC Full-stack Engineer 5 to drive large-scale, cloud-native platforms. You will lead cross-functional teams, define architecture, and deliver high-reliability systems across multiple AWS services.

You will work with Java, Scala, Python, Go, Node.js, and TypeScript, plus Docker, Kubernetes, and both SQL and NoSQL databases. This role blends hands-on coding with strategic leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Computer Science or related field.
• At least 6 years of software engineering experience.
• At least 3 years in cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of diverse technology projects and a team of developers with distributed microservices and full stack systems to meet regulatory needs.
• Mentor engineering teammates and stay current with tech trends and communities.
• Collaborate with digital product managers to deliver cloud-based solutions for millions of users.
• Utilize Java, Scala, Python, Go, Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript and various databases and AWS services.
• Provide technical leadership across teams, shape architecture and long-term tech direction.
• Drive end-to-end design and implementation of large-scale, cloud-native systems.

Skills

Distributed microservices

Full stack systems

Java

Scala

Python

Go

Node.js

TypeScript

Open source databases

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

GitHub

Bitbucket

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Master’s Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

GitHub

Bitbucket

Job description

Capital One seeks a Sr. Lead / Sr. Manager IC Full-stack Engineer 5 to drive large-scale, cloud-native platforms. You will lead cross-functional teams, define architecture, and deliver high-reliability systems across multiple AWS services.

You will work with Java, Scala, Python, Go, Node.js, and TypeScript, plus Docker, Kubernetes, and both SQL and NoSQL databases. This role blends hands-on coding with strategic leadership.