Capital One

Fintech

SeniorLeadSoftwareEngineer,FullStack(Golang,Python,GenAI)(CloudOperationsResilienceEngineering)

$230–262k Mclean, Virginia, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Senior Lead Software Engineer, Full Stack (Golang, Python, GenAI) (Cloud Operations Resilience Engineering) at Capital One. Skills: Golang, Python, GenAI, Cloud Operations Resilience Engineering. Shape technical vision. Advance long-term roadmap”

What You'll Achieve.

Transform how application health, compliance, and governance are managed at scale; Empower our developers to innovate rapidly; Ensure architectural excellence and compliance across all applications; Deliver real-time insights and proactive risk management; Build secure fintech solutions that empower millions of customers; Elevate technical standards; Drive open-source contributions; Dismantle architectural silos

Industry & Context.

Fintech
Problems you'll solve

Solving complex business problems; Design AI-driven systems; Automate and scale governance; Create intelligent guardrails; Ensure architectural excellence; Ensure compliance; Leverage machine learning; Deliver real-time insights; Proactive risk management; Design and champion enterprise-wide architectural patterns; Utilize automated, AI-driven solutions; Enforce real-time governance; Enforce risk management; Enforce regulatory compliance; Pioneer modern paradigms; Ensure systems are resilient; Ensure systems are highly secure; Ensure systems are horizontally scalable; Oversee and de-risk the architectural design; Oversee and de-risk testing; Oversee and de-risk deployment; Oversee and de-risk optimization; Rigorously evaluate codebases; Validate technical directions

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor's Degree, 6 years of experience in software engineering, 1 year experience with cloud computing

Nice to Have

Master's 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

What You'll Do.

Shape technical vision

Advance long-term roadmap

Design AI-driven systems

Create intelligent guardrails

Ensure architectural excellence

Leverage machine learning

Deliver real-time insights

Proactive risk management

Design and champion architectural patterns

Enforce real-time governance

Enforce risk management

Enforce regulatory compliance

Infuse industry trends

Ensure systems are resilient

Ensure systems are highly secure

Ensure systems are horizontally scalable

Oversee architectural design

De-risk architectural design

Design distributed systems

Design full-stack platforms

Conduct architecture reviews

Create proofs-of-concept

Validate technical directions

Utilize programming languages

Utilize container orchestration

Utilize AWS cloud services

Collaborate with product managers

Collaborate with engineering teams

Collaborate with data scientists

Collaborate with risk partners

Build secure fintech solutions

Act as technical consultant

Elevate technical standards

Drive open-source contributions

Dismantle architectural silos

Share passion for tech

Experiment with emerging technologies

Participate in tech communities

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate seamlessly with digital product managers; Collaborate seamlessly with engineering teams; Collaborate seamlessly with data scientists; Collaborate seamlessly with risk/governance partners; Partner cross-functionally; Collaborate with product; Collaborate with engineering; Collaborate with data science; Collaborate with risk

Process & Methodology

Oversee and de-risk the architectural design, Oversee and de-risk testing, Oversee and de-risk deployment, Oversee and de-risk optimization

Full Job Description

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 One’s foundational cloud infrastructure layer, including observability, connectivity, resilience, and availability. In this role, you will drive Capital One’s 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 You’ll 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 ecosystem—such as event-driven architectures, mesh data topologies, and next-gen cloud-native design—ensuring systems are resilient, highly secure, and horizontally scalable.** * ****Lead Complex Tech Initiatives:** Oversee and de-risk the architectural design, testing, deployment

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