Lead Software Engineer, Back End

Capital One

Richmond, VA, United States
Base: $179,400 - $204,700; bonus/equity: performan...
Distributed microservices
Modern stack: angular, nestjs, aws
Cloud-based solutions
You'll lead from the front, balancing high-impact individual contribution with regular pair programming to ensure technical excellence across a modern stack of Angular, NestJS, and AWS

Job Summary

  • You'll lead from the front, balancing high-impact individual contribution with regular pair programming to ensure technical excellence across a modern stack of Angular, NestJS, and AWS.
  • You’ll serve as the engineering engine behind our backend modernization and data governance initiatives—navigating a diverse ecosystem of legacy systems in Java, .NET, Go, and Python.
  • Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being.

Matching Summary

You'll lead from the front, balancing high-impact individual contribution with regular pair programming to ensure technical excellence across a modern stack of Angular, NestJS, and AWS.

Salary

Base: $179,400 - $204,700; Bonus/Equity: Performance based incentive compensation; Benefits: Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Distributed microservices
  • Modern stack: Angular, NestJS, AWS
  • Cloud-based solutions
  • Java, Javascript, Python, SQL, Node, Go
  • Open Source RDBMS and NoSQL databases
  • Container Orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)

Nice-to-have

  • Pioneering in technology space
  • Solving complex business problems
  • Collaborative, inclusive, iterative delivery
  • Staying on top of tech trends
  • Experimenting with new technologies
  • Mentoring other engineers

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • 4 years professional software engineering experience
  • 1 year cloud computing experience
  • 7+ years Java, Javascript, Python, Go, or Node.js
  • 2+ years AWS, GCP, Azure
  • 4+ years open source frameworks
  • 1+ year people management experience
  • 2+ years Agile practices

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