Senior Lead Software Engineer — AI-Driven Risk Tech

Capital One; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 262,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer in Cambridge, MA to drive a portfolio of complex, cloud-based risk management solutions using Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Python. You will mentor engineers, contribute code, and work with stakeholders to deliver scalable microservices and modern UI architectures across AWS and container platforms.

You will collaborate across teams, stay current with AI tooling, and help empower millions of customers with secure, innovative financial

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 6+ years of software engineering experience.
• At least 1 year of cloud computing experience (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud).
• Experience in open source frameworks and agile practices preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of diverse technology projects and a team of developers with deep experience in distributed microservices and full stack systems.
• Mentor engineers, contribute code, and evaluate technical approaches.
• Collaborate with product managers to deliver robust cloud-based solutions for end users.
• Utilize languages like JavaScript, Java, TypeScript, SQL, Python, and Go; leverage AWS and container technologies.
• Delivery based on microservice and micro UI architectures using Springboot, NodeJs, Angular, and VueJs.

Skills

JavaScript

Java

TypeScript

SQL

Python

Go

Cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Leadership / mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Springboot

NodeJs

Angular

VueJs

AWS Fargate

Lambda

SQL/NoSQL databases

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer in Cambridge, MA to drive a portfolio of complex, cloud-based risk management solutions using Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Python. You will mentor engineers, contribute code, and work with stakeholders to deliver scalable microservices and modern UI architectures across AWS and container platforms.

You will collaborate across teams, stay current with AI tooling, and help empower millions of customers with secure, innovative financial