Lead Software Engineer, Fullstack (Enterprise Platforms Technology)

Lead Software Engineer, Fullstack (Enterprise Platforms Technology)
Do you love building and pioneering in the technology space? Do you enjoy solving complex business problems in a fast-paced, collaborative, inclusive, and iterative delivery environment? At Capital One, you'll be part of a big group of makers, breakers, doers and disruptors, who solve real problems and meet real customer needs. We are hiring Lead Software Engineers and Sr. Lead Software Engineers to build and operate the content infrastructure that powers marketing across all customer-facing channels. You will work on our CMS and Digital Asset Management (DAM) platforms: building APIs, authoring workflows, asset pipelines, and content delivery systems that serve millions of customers daily. This is foundational platform work in a regulated financial services environment where reliability, security, and compliance are non-negotiable.
Enterprise Platforms Technology (EPTech) comprises many of Capital One's most important enterprise platforms. We play an essential role in establishing practices for building technology solutions across the company, while also delivering capabilities that exemplify those practices.
What You'll Do

• Build and maintain APIs and microservices for content authoring, versioning, approval workflows, and multi-channel publishing.
• Design and operate digital asset pipelines - ingestion, transformation, metadata tagging, rights management, and CDN-backed delivery with security controls (signed URLs, token-based access).
• Contribute to content migration efforts, including ETL pipelines for moving content between CMS platforms (e.g., AEM to Bloomreach) with data integrity validation.
• Implement search and retrieval capabilities using Elasticsearch or similar technologies, optimizing for read-heavy content serving workloads.
• Write well-tested, production-ready code with comprehensive unit, integration, and contract tests; participate in CI/CD pipeline development.
• Support RTO/RPO requirements and build resilience patterns (circuit breakers, graceful degradation, failover) appropriate for a banking regulatory context.
• Collaborate with product managers, content strategists, and compliance teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• At least 4 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:

• Master's Degree
• 7+ years of experience in at least one of the following: Java, Go, or TypeScript/Node.js).
• 3+ years of experience with RESTful API design
• 3+ years of cloud services (AWS preferred).
• 4+ years of experience in open source frameworks
• 2+ years of experience in Agile practices

• 2 + years with CI/CD practices.
• 2 + years of experience containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization, or offer any immigration related support for this position (i.e. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, E-2, E-3, L-1 and O-1, or any EADs or other forms of work authorization that require immigration support from an employer).
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.
McLean, VA: $197,300 - $225,100 for Lead Software Engineer
New York, NY: $215,200 - $245,600 for Lead Software Engineer
Richmond, VA: $179,400 - $204,700 for Lead Software Engineer
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 candidate's offer letter.
This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.
Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website . Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.
This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.
No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City's Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia's Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.
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