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Capital One Lead Software Engineer Back End Python AWS 
United States, Texas, Plano 
839338041

25.03.2025
Lead Software Engineer, Back End (Python, AWS)


Why You Want This Job!

  • IMPACT: As part of the Developer Experience Program, this work is moving at an accelerated pace in order to support our imperative to Transform How We Build Software with Standardization and Automation across the full company.

  • VISIBILITY: Given this work supports a company-wide initiative, this role involves a high-level of engagement with leadership in both tech and product.

  • CHALLENGE: You will be challenged to problem solve and design solutions as you contribute to building the developer experience at Capital One.

  • GREAT WORK ENVIRONMENT

You Can Expect To:

  • Be an experienced Python or Go developer, with deep technical knowledge of AWS, DevOps and SRE practices.

  • Demonstrate strong communications proficiency, including across teams, and have experience utilizing oral and written communication skills to share and align on technical designs.

  • Demonstrate urgency, prioritization, and ownership to drive issues to completion, all while tracking towards bigger OKRs.

  • Balance strategy and tactical delivery of software solutions.

What You’ll Do:

  • Lead a portfolio of diverse technology projects and a team of developers with deep experience in full stack systems to create solutions that help meet needs for the company and customers

  • 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 product managers, and deliver robust cloud-based solutions that drive powerful customer experiences

  • Utilize programming languages like Python, Node, Groovy, and a variety of AWS tools and services, and Infrastructure as Code tools

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

  • At least 4 years of professional software engineering experience (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: Python, Java

  • 2+ years of experience in the AWS Ecosystem including ECS/Fargate, Lambda, ELB, RT53, S3, Cloudwatch, Aurora, DynamoDB, RDS, Elasticache

  • 4+ years of experience in open source frameworks

  • 1+ years of experience in Infrastructure as Code tools such as Boto3, Terraform, CFT, Ansible

  • 3+ years of experience in DevOps tools such as Jenkins, Docker, etc.

  • 2+ years of experience in Agile practices

Plano, TX: $175,800 - $200,700 for Lead Software EngineerThis 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.

. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1-800-304-9102 or via email at . All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.