Lead Software Engineer, Full Stack

Capital One Financial

Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
New York, NY
Salary
$215,200–$245,600 / yr
Posted
8 days ago

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $204k
This role $230k
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This role pays more than 89% of similar roles. Most pay $183,500–$223,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $230k versus about $204k 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 688 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $197,300–$225,100 across 681 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Lead Software Engineer, Full Stack

Join Capital One Travel’s Emerging Verticals team as a senior software engineer building cutting-edge AI-native products within the fastest-growing credit card travel portal. You will design and develop high-impact systems from scratch, leveraging modern AI tools like Claude to prototype, build, and QA features across various surfaces at unprecedented speeds. Your responsibilities include full-stack development using JavaScript, Java, TypeScript, SQL, Python, Go, and AWS services, while also mentoring a growing team and setting engineering standards for rapid, reliable scaling. Ideal candidates have hands-on experience launching new customer-facing features in fast-paced environments and are comfortable owning business relationships and driving technical solutions end-to-end.

What you'll do

  • Build new customer-facing products and platform services from the ground up across full stack technologies.
  • Use AI tools like Claude to prototype, generate, test, and ship features rapidly across multiple surfaces.
  • Translate business needs into technical solutions and own them end-to-end, partnering with various stakeholders.
  • Lead fast-moving projects and mentor others while setting high standards for AI-accelerated delivery in a new team.
  • Make architecture decisions that ensure systems can scale quickly and reliably as the vertical grows.

What we're looking for

  • At least 1 year of experience with cloud computing (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
  • Hands-on experience building and shipping AI-driven projects end-to-end
  • Experience launching new, customer-facing features rapidly at scale
  • Comfortable owning business and partner relationships in ambiguous environments
  • Proficiency in JavaScript, Java, HTML/CSS, TypeScript, SQL, Python, Go, and relevant databases
  • Mentoring others and setting high standards for AI-accelerated delivery

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