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
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 74 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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

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

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The Senior Lead Software Engineer, Back End (GraphDB & API Platform) (Enterprise Platforms Technology) provides technical leadership for the evolution of foundational customer data and relationship platforms. Joining the Enterprise Platforms Technology team, you will lead the architecture and delivery of scalable APIs, data contracts, and cloud-native platform services. You will design highly available, resilient, and observable distributed systems while establishing architectural patterns for consistent data interaction. Key responsibilities include driving automation, mentoring engineers, and managing self-service capabilities for engineering teams. Required skills include professional software engineering experience, cloud computing knowledge across AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud, and proficiency in Java, Scala, Python, Go, or Node.js. The role specifically addresses the modernization of large-scale data-processing technologies and GraphDB architectures to ensure interoperability across evolving ecosystems.

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GraphDB API Platform AWS Microsoft Azure Java Scala Python Go Node.js Serverless Distributed Systems Cloud-native Data Modeling Data Contracts

What you'll do

Lead the architecture and evolution of APIs, data contracts, and platform services for large-scale customer data.
Provide technical leadership for modernizing foundational data platforms while ensuring interoperability with existing systems.
Establish architectural patterns to enable consistent interaction with customer data across evolving technologies.
Lead the technical strategy for self-service capabilities to simplify how engineering teams onboard and consume data.
Design and deliver highly available, resilient, and scalable distributed systems and cloud-native services.
Drive automation and operational excellence to reduce manual processes and improve developer productivity.
Influence technical strategy across multiple engineering domains while mentoring engineers and developing technical talent.

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).
Master’s Degree (preferred)
9+ years of experience in at least one of the following: Java, Scala, Python, Go, or Node.js (preferred)
5+ years of experience leveraging GraphDB and designing API platform architectures (preferred)
4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service (preferred)
4+ years of experience with serverless and container-based cloud architectures and large-scale data-processing technologies (preferred)

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