White Collar Factory (95009), United Kingdom, London.
Staff Software Engineer – Back End
About This Role
Do you love shaping the technical landscape and driving innovation across the organization? Are you passionate about solving complex business problems and supporting multiple teams toward a shared technical vision? At Capital One, you’ll be part of a community of technical leaders who drive engineering excellence, foster innovation, and deliver impactful solutions that meet real customer needs.
What You’ll Do
- Own and drive the technical strategy for a significant business outcome or technology domain, spanning multiple teams and influencing the overall technical direction
- Lead and coordinate the efforts of multiple teams, ensuring their collective work aligns with broader business objectives and technology strategy
- Proactively identify emerging patterns, define and evangelise best practices, and establish reusable frameworks that enhance engineering productivity
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including senior leadership, product owners, and architects
- Represent Capital One in external technical forums, contributing to vendor/industry discussions
- Drive service quality standards and practices for your domain, guiding complex incident resolution
- Develop and advocate for strategies to proactively manage technical debt across multiple teams
- Actively mentor and develop engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning
What We’re Looking For
- Deep expertise in Java
- Deep expertise in system design and distributed architectures
- Track record of leading technical initiatives across multiple teams
- Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Proven experience setting a multi-team technical vision and strategy
- Strong track record of technical leadership and influence without authority
- Experience driving engineering standards and best practices across organisations
- Experience steering Communities of Practice or technical forums
- Strong business acumen and ability to translate technical concepts for various audiences
Where and How You’ll Work
This is a permanent position based in our London office. We have a hybrid working model which gives you flexibility to work from our office and from home. We’re big on collaboration and connection, so you’ll be based in our London office 3 days a week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
What’s In It for You
- Strong career progression for high performers, with investment in training programmes and external providers
- Immediate access to core benefits including pension scheme, bonus, generous holiday entitlement and private medical insurance, with flexible benefits such as season-ticket loans, cycle to work scheme and enhanced parental leave
- Open-plan workspaces and accessible facilities designed to inspire and support you
Committed to Diversity
Capital One is committed to diversity in the workplace.
If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact ukrecruitment@capitalone.com. All information will be kept confidential and will only be used for the purpose of applying a reasonable adjustment.
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