Position Details

Salary $164K – $188K USD / year

Type Full-Time

Experience lead

Exp. Years 6+ years

Education High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent

Category DevOps & SRE

About this role

Capital One seeks a Lead Platform Engineer to drive DevOps tooling and platform engineering transformation in a finance tech context. The role focuses on building scalable, resilient solutions and mentoring the engineering community across Agile teams.

Key Responsibilities

Understand application capabilities with product owners
Continuously improve software engineering practices
Design, develop, test, implement and support full-stack development tools
Lead craftsmanship, availability, resilience and scalability
Mentor engineering community

Technical Overview

Hands-on platform engineering with AWS, IaC (Terraform, Ansible), containers (Docker, ECS), and CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, Artifactory). Proficiency in scripting (Python, SQL, Ruby, Groovy) and cross-functional collaboration.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior platform engineer with hands-on experience delivering DevOps tooling and scalable cloud-native solutions in a banking/fintech environment. They should demonstrate strong leadership, experience with AWS and IaC tooling, and the ability to guide cross-functional teams through Agile delivery.

Must-Have Skills

High School DiplomaGEDor equivalent6 years of experience using build and deployment tools (JenkinsGitHubor Artifactory)4 years of experience with AWS2 years of team leadership experience

Nice-to-Have Skills

5+ years of experience with AWS2+ years of experience in Agile practices

Tools & Platforms

JenkinsGitHubArtifactoryAnsibleTerraformDockerAmazon Elastic Container ServiceAWSAmazon Web ServicesPythonSQLRubyGroovy

Required Skills

PythonSQLRubyGroovyDockerAmazon Elastic Container ServiceECSAnsibleTerraformJenkinsGitHubArtifactoryAWSAmazon Web Services

Hard Skills

PythonSQLRubyGroovyDockerAmazon Elastic Container ServiceECSAnsibleTerraformJenkinsGitHubArtifactoryAWSAmazon Web Services

Soft Skills

LeadershipTeam leadershipMentoringCollaborationCommunicationProblem-solvingInnovation

Industry & Role

Industry Banking

Job Function Lead platform engineering and DevOps tooling across Capital One's tech stack to enable scalable, reliable cloud-based solutions.

Role Subtype Platform Engineer

Tech Domains Amazon Web Services, Docker, Python, SQL / PostgreSQL, Ruby, Groovy, Jenkins, GitHub, Artifactory

Clearance & Visa

Visa Sponsorship No

Keywords for Your Resume

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Deal Breakers

Must be authorized to work in the US without visa sponsorship, 6+ years of relevant experience in build/deploy tools, 2+ years of leadership experience

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