Capital One
Full-stack Engineer 4 (Go, AWS)
$179K–$205K
Richmond, VA · Full-time · Posted Sep 28, 2026
- Experience
- At least 4 years in software engineering and at least 2 years with public cloud platforms, cloud-based productivity tools, or virtualization technologies. Preferred experience includes 7+ years coding with more than two listed languages; other preferred experience thresholds range from 1+ to 4+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field; preferred: Master’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization or provide immigration-related support for this position.
About the job
Architects and builds resilient, high-concurrency APIs and distributed systems for credit-card participant management on Capital One’s cloud infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Lead engineering projects and provide technical direction, design standards, and operational leadership across teams.
- Build and harden APIs and services, focusing on fault tolerance, error handling, and data consistency.
- Collaborate with product, infrastructure, servicing, and architecture partners; improve performance and reduce technical debt.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
- At least 4 years of experience in software engineering; internship experience does not apply.
- At least 2 years of experience with public cloud platforms, cloud-based productivity tools, or virtualization technologies.
Nice to have
- Master’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Experience with modern AI-based coding tools and IDE copilots or interactive AI tooling beyond basic code completion.
Pay
$179,400 - $204,700 USD base salary
Tools
Go, AWS Lambda, Durable Lambdas, API Gateway, CDK/TypeScript, Java, Python, Kubernetes
AI focus
Experience leveraging modern AI-based coding tools and IDE copilots; interactive AI tooling to accelerate productivity beyond basic code completion.
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