Capital One

Financial Services

SeniorLeadSoftwareEngineer

$230–262k San Francisco, California, United States; New York City, New York, United States FULL TIME
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The Brief

“Senior Lead Software Engineer at Capital One. Skills: Golang, EKS, Kubernetes, LLM's, Agentic flows, control/data planes, AI/ML, Generative AI, distributed microservices, cloud computing, AWS. Lead a portfolio of diverse technology projects and a team of developers. create solutions that help meet regulatory needs for the company”

What You'll Achieve.

create solutions that help meet regulatory needs for the company; drive powerful experiences to help millions of Americans achieve financial empowerment

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

solving complex business problems

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor's Degree, At least 6 years of experience in software engineering, At least 1 year experience with cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)

Nice to Have

Master's Degree, 9+ years of experience in at least one of the following: Python, Golang, or Node. js, 4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service, 4+ years of experience in open source frameworks, 2+ years of experience in Kubernetes: hands-on deploying and managing large-scale apps on Kubernetes, 1+ years of people management experience, 2+ years of experience with Amazon SageMaker, Databricks, or another comprehensive ML platform, Experience leveraging interactive AI tooling to accelerate productivity, utilizing capabilities beyond basic code completion, Familiarity with platforms/environments integrating: LLM's, Agentic workflows or control and data planes.

What You'll Do.

Lead a portfolio of diverse technology projects and a team of developers

create solutions that help meet regulatory needs for the company

Share your passion for staying on top of tech trends

experimenting with and learning new technologies

participating in internal & external technology communities

mentoring other members of the engineering community

and from time to time

be asked to code or evaluate code

Collaborate with digital product managers

deliver robust cloud-based solutions that drive powerful experiences to help millions of Americans achieve financial empowerment

Utilize programming languages like JavaScript

Open Source RDBMS and NoSQL databases

Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes

and a variety of AWS tools and services

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

collaborative, and iterative delivery environment; part of a big group of makers, breakers, doers and disruptors; collaborative and interdisciplinary team; trusted partners; Collaborate with digital product managers

Process & Methodology

Lead a portfolio of diverse technology projects

Full Job Description

Senior Lead Software Engineer (Golang + EKS, Kubernetes, LLM's + Agentic flows + control/data planes) 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 seeking core **Back End** / Full Stack **Software Engineers** who are passionate about marrying data with emerging technologies. As a Capital One Software Engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to be on the forefront of driving a major transformation within Capital One. The **Machine Learning Experience Team (MLX Tech)** is committed to pioneering and responsibly **implementing AI/ML across Capital One**. We achieve this by building platforms that enable the rapid and responsible development and deployment of AI/ML solutions at scale. **MLX Tech** harnesses the power of Generative AI to assist Capital one customers. Our mission is driven by our passionate, collaborative, and interdisciplinary team, being trusted partners to unleash the full power of machine learning and AI. **What You’ll Do:** * Lead a portfolio of diverse technology projects and a team of developers with deep experience in distributed microservices, and full stack systems to create solutions that help meet regulatory needs for the company * Share your passion for staying on top of tech trends, experimenting with and learning new technologies, participating in internal & external technology communities, mentoring other members of the engineering community, and from time to time, be asked to code or evaluate code * Collaborate with digital product managers, and deliver robust cloud-based solutions that drive powerful experiences to help millions of Americans achieve financial empowerment * Utilize programming languages like JavaScript, Java, HTML/CSS, TypeScript, SQL, Py

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