Senior Manager, Software Engineering, Back End (GoLang)

Senior Manager, Software Engineering, Back End (GoLang) 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 love to solve real problems and meet real customer needs. We are seeking Back End Software Engineers who are passionate about marrying data with emerging technologies. As a Capital One Software Engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to be on the forefront of driving a major transformation within Capital One.

Capital One's Decisioning Platform team is at the forefront of enabling the business to manage risk and deliver value across the entire customer lifecycle. We build and maintain real‑time, secure, and AI‑powered solutions for everything from customer transactions and fraud detection to credit applications across our card, lending, and banking products. Internal customers across the company come to our platform for their decisioning needs and we have high‑visible, high‑impact goals lined up for 2026.

We're looking for a Sr. Engineering Manager (People leader) to join our Decisioning Platform team and drive our 2026+ goals. In this high‑impact role, you'll be a hands‑on leader, driving large‑scale, multi‑year, and multi‑line of business modernization initiatives.

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, and from time to time, be asked to code or evaluate code

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 Go, Java, Python, SQL, Node, and Scala, Open Source RDBMS and NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of AWS tools and services

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree

At least 6 years of professional software engineering experience (Internship experience does not apply)

At least 1 year experience with cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)

At least 4 years of people management experience

Preferred Qualifications:

Master’s Degree

9+ years of experience in at least one of the following: Go, Java, Scala, Python, or Node.js

3+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service

4+ years of experience in open source frameworks

7+ years of people management experience

2+ years of experience in Agile practices

Salary: McLean, VA: $225,400 - $257,200 (for Senior Manager, Software Engineering)

Benefits: Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well‑being.

Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Capital One is an equal‑opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non‑discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug‑free workplace.

Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries.

This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days. No agencies please.

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