Full-stack Engineer 4 (Manager, IC)

About the role

Full-stack Engineer 4 (Manager, IC)

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 Full-stack Software Engineers who are passionate about leveraging cutting-edge open source frameworks and emerging technologies. In this role, you’ll be at the forefront of driving a major transformation across Capital One.

Our Technology Operations Center team ensures high availability, resiliency, and performance across enterprise systems through cutting-edge Site Reliability Engineering practices. You will design advanced automation, manage cloud-native infrastructure, and deploy modern observability and monitoring tools to proactively solve complex platform challenges at scale. By leveraging AI-forward tools and real-time telemetry, you will drive high-priority incident triage while gaining end-to-end exposure across the entire organizational technology ecosystem. It’s a fast-paced, high-impact environment ideal for engineers looking to build robust automation solutions and elevate cloud reliability.

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

- 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 Java, Scala, Python, Go, Node.js, JavaScript and TypeScript, Open Source RDBMS and NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of AWS tools and services

- Provide technical leadership and direction across Agile teams, setting standards for design, development, and operational excellence

- Partner with architects to define service boundaries, integration patterns, and reusable frameworks

- Proactively identify areas for improvement, implementing targeted refactoring and contributing to efforts that reduce technical debt and enhance system performance

- Influence long-term technology strategy through evaluation of emerging tools and practices in a ‘you build it, you own it’ environment

Basic Qualifications:

- Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Engineering)

- At least 4 years of experience in software engineering (Internship experience does not apply)