Capital One
Full Stack Engineer 5
$209K–$262K
Chicago, IL +2 · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Location
- Chicago, IL
McLean, VA
Richmond, VA - Experience
- At least 6 years in software engineering and at least 3 years with public cloud platforms, cloud-based productivity tools, or virtualization technologies. Preferred experience ranges from 1 to 9+ years across coding, open source, APIs, databases, cloud, CI/CD, mentoring, architecture, and related areas.
- 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 consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.
About the job
Leads engineering teams and delivers large-scale, reliable cloud-native and distributed systems that support regulatory needs and customer-facing products.
What you'll do
- Lead technology projects and developers, providing technical leadership and mentoring across teams.
- Design and implement distributed, cloud-native systems; shape architecture, platform roadmaps, and shared-services strategy.
- Collaborate with product leaders to deliver cloud solutions and use programming languages, databases, containers, and AWS services.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
- At least 6 years of software engineering experience; internship experience does not apply.
- At least 3 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, including interactive AI tooling beyond basic code completion.
Pay
$209,000 - $238,500 USD base salary (Chicago, IL); $229,900 - $262,400 USD base salary (McLean, VA); $209,000 - $238,500 USD base salary (Richmond, VA)
Tools
Java, Scala, Python, Go, Node.js, JavaScript, TypeScript, Docker
AI focus
Experience with modern AI-based coding tools and IDE copilots, including interactive AI tooling beyond basic code completion.
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