Sr. Lead Software Engineer

Overview

Sr. Lead Software Engineer on the Card Tech team at Capital One, leading a portfolio of technology projects and a team of developers building distributed microservices and full stack systems.

What you'll do

• Collaborate with and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions in full-stack development tools and technologies.
• Lead a portfolio of diverse technology projects and a team of developers with deep experience in distributed microservices and full stack systems.
• Share your passion for staying on top of tech trends, experimenting with and learning new technologies, participating in internal and external technology communities, and mentoring other members of the engineering community.
• Utilize various programming languages, Open Source technologies, Relational/NoSQL databases, Containers and a variety of AWS tools and services with a special focus on Serverless initiatives.
• Implement software in unambiguous and uncomplicated domains with little to no support, while effectively combining standards and practices to implement more complex software.
• Implement a new, fully featured local build and deployment pipeline, while identifying improvements and making enhancements to established deployment pipelines.
• Troubleshoot the most complicated issues with local builds and deployment pipelines.
• Leverage modern application architecture and design patterns in moderately complex domains, and teach others how and when to apply them.
• Debug moderately complex issues across backend, frontend, middleware, infrastructure, databases and pipelines across all environments from local to production and across distributed systems.
• Quickly identify root cause, implement fix, and correct any affected data.
• Develop features to enhance the overall user experience with little to no direction, knowing what non-functionals to address and how.
• Lead a team of engineers through development of features by providing technical direction or detailed instruction.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Computer Science.
• At least 11 years of experience building back-end services (internship experience does not apply).
• At least 2 years of experience with Golang or GraphQL.
• At least 3 years of experience with a database technology (including but not limited to MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra, DynamoDB) (internship experience does not apply).
• At least 4 years of experience designing, building, and testing distributed systems (internship experience does not apply).
• At least 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role overseeing strategic projects.

Nice to have

• 4+ years of experience in Agile or Kanban software development methodologies.
• 4+ years of experience with a cloud computing provider (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud).
• 6+ years of experience implementing functional tests, unit tests, integrated tests or automated tests to support Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment.
• 4+ years of experience with a server side application framework (Django, Express, Spring).
• 6+ years of experience designing (HLD/LLD), building and delivering large scale systems.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, Karnātaka, India.
• Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
• No agencies, please.