Senior Lead Software Engineer, Full Stack, Cloud Operations Resilience Engineering

Capital One Financial

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Work type
On-site
Location
McLean, VAPlano, TXRichmond, VA
Salary
$229,900–$262,400 / yr
Posted
35 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $246k
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This role pays more than 96% of similar roles. Most pay $192,050–$223,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $246k versus about $208k 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 998 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $197,300–$225,100 across 992 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Lead Software Engineer, Full Stack, Cloud Operations Resilience Engineering

Senior Lead Software Engineer, Full Stack (Golang, Python, GenAI) (Cloud Operations Resilience Engineering) joins the Cloud Operations Resilience Engineering team to evolve foundational cloud infrastructure including observability, connectivity, and availability. This role involves designing AI-driven systems to automate governance, creating intelligent guardrails for architectural compliance, and utilizing machine learning for real-time risk management. The engineer will build distributed systems, microservices, and full-stack platforms while establishing enterprise architecture tooling and promoting event-driven architectures and mesh data topologies. Day-to-day responsibilities include writing code, conducting architecture reviews, creating proofs-of-concept, and mentoring others. The required technical stack includes Java, Python, Go, TypeScript, Docker, Kubernetes, and various RDBMS/NoSQL databases alongside AWS cloud services. The role addresses the challenge of scaling infrastructure while ensuring high security and resilience within a complex fintech environment through automated compliance agents and advanced cloud-native designs.

What you'll do

  • Design AI-driven systems to automate governance, risk management, and regulatory compliance across all applications.
  • Develop well-architected solutions for cloud infrastructure including observability, connectivity, resilience, and availability.
  • Shape the technical vision and long-term roadmap for enterprise architecture tooling.
  • Write production code, conduct architecture reviews, and create proofs-of-concept to validate technical directions.
  • Oversee the design, testing, and optimization of distributed systems and microservices using Go, Python, and Java.
  • Implement modern architectural patterns like event-driven systems and mesh data topologies for scalable cloud environments.
  • Act as a technical consultant and mentor to improve engineering standards across the organization.
  • Experiment with emerging technologies such as LLMs and automated compliance agents to drive innovation.

What we're looking for

  • Master's Degree (Preferred).
  • At least 6 years of experience in software engineering.
  • At least 1 year of experience with cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud).
  • 9+ years of experience with Golang and Python (Preferred).
  • 4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, or Microsoft Azure (Preferred).
  • 4+ years of experience in open source frameworks (Preferred).
  • Experience leveraging interactive AI tooling to accelerate productivity beyond basic code completion (Preferred).

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