Senior Software Development Engineer - Services

About the role

Nottingham Trent House (95002), United Kingdom, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Senior Software Development Engineer - Services

Job Title: Senior Software Development Engineer - Services

Location: Nottingham - Hybrid

Working Pattern: 3 days in-office (Tuesday-Thursday) and 2 days remote.

Our Mission

We’re on a mission to be a force for good in lending. Throughout our almost 30-year history, we’ve consistently been recognised as a great place to work; in 2026, Capital One was officially ranked 9th in the UK’s Best Workplaces™ list. Hear from our team about what it’s like working at Capital One UK.

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer who can walk in the shoes of our users, communicate & collaborate with teams in Business, Technology and Operations, bringing a passion for using software and technology to create impactful solutions.

To be successful in this role, you will have an understanding of the benefits of business processes automation to enable user efficiency, the importance of well-governed solution development, and how to balance these needs to produce easy-to-use software.

You are able to seamlessly switch from deep diving users' needs and technical challenges, to discussing solutions and prioritisation. You're not afraid to question stakeholder expectations, using your fantastic influencing skills to drive consensus on requirements, bringing it all together into an achievable, impactful solution that creates business value.

What you’ll do

- Design, develop, test and maintain a range of internal facing software products and solutions that automate Business processes

- Work to achieve the goals and vision shared by Product Management and your team Leadership

- Be an advocate for governance, documentation and process, ensuring that everything we build meets our high standards whilst providing a frictionless user experience

- Make recommendations to stakeholders and drive a consensus of agreement for your solutions. You'll also be great at keeping them in the loop

- Provide technical leadership and innovate within your team

The skills and experience you need

- Exceptional programming skills and knowledge of building APIs using modern OO languages preferably Java, SOLID principles, SOA, HTTP and REST

- Demonstrable knowledge of creating architectural designs that meet the business need

- Proven experience in technical leadership, with a passion for mentoring and nurturing engineers

- You bring a user focussed mindset. An ability to capture process requirements in order to rapidly refine a solution

- Experience and knowledge in Cloud/AWS technologies.

Where and how you'll work

This is a permanent position based in our Nottingham office.

We embrace a hybrid approach to work. You'll spend three days a week in the office (Tuesday-Thursday), with Monday and Friday being dedicated work-from-home days.