Senior Lead Software Engineer, Full Stack (Golang, Python, GenAI) (Cloud Operations Resilience Engineering)

If you love building pioneering in the technology space and solving complex business problems in a fast-paced collaborative and iterative environment you will thrive at Capital One alongside a dynamic group of makers breakers doers and disruptors. We are seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to join our Cloud Operations Resilience Engineering (CORE) Technology division which is responsible for enabling and evolving Capital Ones foundational cloud infrastructure layer including observability connectivity resilience and this role you will drive Capital Ones tech evolution by building well-architected solutions that empower our developers to innovate rapidly. Your critical priority will be designing AI-driven systems to automate and scale our governance and oversight leading the creation of intelligent guardrails that ensure architectural excellence and compliance across all applications and leveraging machine learning to deliver real-time insights and proactive risk management.

What Youll Do:

• Drive the Enterprise Vision: Shape and advance the technical vision and long-term roadmap for Enterprise Architecture tooling transforming how application health compliance and governance are managed at scale.

• Establish Intelligent Guardrails: Design and champion enterprise-wide architectural patterns utilizing automated AI-driven solutions to enforce real-time governance risk management and regulatory compliance across all Capital One applications.

• Pioneer Modern Paradigms: Infuse industry trends into our ecosystemsuch as event-driven architectures mesh data topologies and next-gen cloud-native designensuring systems are resilient highly secure and horizontally scalable.

• Lead Complex Tech Initiatives: Oversee and de-risk the architectural design testing deployment and optimization of highly critical distributed systems microservices and full-stack platforms.

• Be a Hands-On Catalyst: Maintain deep technical expertise and actively write code conduct architecture reviews create proofs-of-concept (PoCs) and rigorously evaluate codebases to validate technical directions.

• Master the Stack: Leverage a modern robust tech stack utilizing programming languages like Java Python Go and TypeScript combined with container orchestration (Docker Kubernetes) open-source RDBMS/NoSQL databases and advanced AWS cloud services.

• Partner Cross-Functionally: Collaborate seamlessly with digital product managers engineering teams data scientists and risk/governance partners to build secure fintech solutions that empower millions of customers.

• Scale Engineering Excellence: Act as a premier technical consultant and mentor across the broader engineering community elevating technical standards driving open-source contributions and dismantling architectural silos.

• Foster Tech Culture: Share a relentless passion for staying ahead of the tech curve; experiment with emerging technologies (such as LLMs and automated compliance agents) and actively participate in internal and external tech communities.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree

• At least 6 years of experience in software engineering (Internship experience does not apply)

• At least 1 year experience with cloud computing (AWS Microsoft Azure Google Cloud)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters Degree

• 9 years of experience with Golang and Python

• 4 years of experience with AWS GCP or Microsoft Azure

• 4 years of experience in open source frameworks

• Experience leveraging interactive AI tooling to accelerate productivity utilizing capabilities beyond basic code completion

Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidates offer letter.

Capital One offers a comprehensive competitive and inclusive set of health financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at theCapital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status exempt or non-exempt status and management level.

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