Senior Lead Software Engineer, Back End (GraphDB & API Platform)

Capital One Financial

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Work type: On-site
Location: Richmond, VAPlano, TXMcLean, VA
Salary: $229,900–$262,400 / yr
Posted: 28 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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This role $246k

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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 998 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Lead Software Engineer, Back End (GraphDB & API Platform)

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Senior Lead Software Engineer, Back End (GraphDB & API Platform) (Enterprise Platforms Technology) joins the Enterprise Platforms Technology team to provide technical leadership for foundational customer data and relationship platforms. This individual will lead the architecture and evolution of APIs, data contracts, and cloud-native platform services while ensuring interoperability between existing distributed systems and next-generation capabilities. The role involves designing scalable, resilient, and observable distributed systems, establishing architectural patterns for consistent data interaction, and driving automation to improve developer productivity. Key technical requirements include experience with Java, Scala, Python, Go, or Node.js, along with expertise in GraphDB, API platform architectures, and cloud-native environments such as AWS, GCP, or Azure. The position focuses on solving complex problems regarding large-scale customer data management and the modernization of underlying persistence technologies within a distributed environment.

Skills

GraphDB API AWS GCP Azure Java Scala Python Go Node.js Serverless Distributed Systems Cloud-Native Data Modeling

What you'll do

Lead the architecture and evolution of APIs, data contracts, and platform services for large-scale customer data.
Modernize foundational data platforms while ensuring interoperability between new and existing systems.
Establish architectural patterns to ensure consistent interaction with customer data as underlying technologies evolve.
Align API designs and platform capabilities with evolving customer data models through cross-functional partnership.
Develop self-service capabilities to simplify how engineering teams manage and consume data.
Design and deliver highly available, resilient, and scalable cloud-native distributed systems.
Drive automation and operational excellence to improve developer productivity and platform adoption.
Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across multiple engineering teams and domains.

What we're looking for

At least 6 years of professional software engineering experience.
At least 1 year of experience with cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud).
9+ years of experience in Java, Scala, Python, Go, or Node.js.
5+ years of experience leveraging GraphDB and designing API platform architectures.
4+ years of experience with serverless and container-based cloud architectures and large-scale data-processing technologies.
4+ years of experience in the architecture and implementation of distributed, cloud-native platforms at scale.
Bachelor’s Degree.

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