Full-stack Engineer IV

Capital One Financial

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Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
Richmond, VA
Salary
$179,400–$204,700 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
6 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role pays less than 70% of similar roles. Most pay $192,050–$211,200 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $192k versus about $202k for comparable roles.

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About Capital One Financial

Capital One Financial is a bank holding company specializing in credit cards, auto loans, banking, and savings products, known for its data-driven approach to consumer and commercial finance. Industry: Financial Services & Banking

Capital One Financial currently has 1743 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $197,300–$225,100 across 947 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Full-stack Engineer IV

Full-stack Engineer 4 (Go, AWS) joins Team Capybaras, a middleware engineering team focused on building card core infrastructure and managing account participants across servicing platforms. In this senior role, you will architect, implement, and harden high-concurrency APIs while ensuring data consistency and fault tolerance for mission-critical financial records. You will lead a portfolio of projects, mentor other engineers, and collaborate with product managers to deliver robust cloud-based solutions. The technical stack includes Go, Java, Scala, Python, Node.js, JavaScript, TypeScript, and various AWS tools like Lambda and API Gateway. Additionally, you will work with infrastructure managed via CDK/TypeScript, container orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes, and both RDBMS and NoSQL databases. This role addresses the complex challenge of maintaining distributed systems resilience and meeting regulatory requirements within a high-scale financial services environment.

What does a Full Stack Engineer earn in Virginia?

Median $211200 from 204 postings across 5 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Architect, implement, and harden high-concurrency APIs for card participant management systems.
  • Develop and maintain a multi-region, serverless Go monorepo deployed on AWS Lambda and API Gateway.
  • Manage infrastructure using CDK/TypeScript to ensure robust cloud-based solutions.
  • Provide technical leadership and set standards for design, development, and operational excellence across Agile teams.
  • Partner with architects to define service boundaries, integration patterns, and reusable frameworks.
  • Identify areas for improvement by performing targeted refactoring to reduce technical debt and improve performance.
  • Mentor other members of the engineering community and drive professional development within technical teams.
  • Influence long-term technology strategy by evaluating emerging tools and practices in a "you build it, you own it" environment.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
  • At least 4 years of experience in software engineering.
  • At least 2 years of experience with public cloud platforms, cloud-based productivity tools, or virtualization technologies.
  • Master’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field (preferred).
  • 7+ years of experience coding with more than two of the following: Go, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Rust, C#, Scala (preferred).
  • 3+ years of experience with database and database management systems (preferred).
  • 4+ years of experience contributing to open source frameworks (preferred).
  • 3+ years of experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and automated testing frameworks (preferred).

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