Capital One
Capital One
Capital One is a financial services and fintech company offering credit cards, auto loans, banking, and savings products. Its work combines financial expertise with technology and digital tools to improve how customers manage money. The company’s careers focus includes building customer-oriented solutions within a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Full-Stack Engineer 4, API Gateway — Capital One, Richmond, VA

Build Capital One’s high-scale API Gateway platform as a full-stack engineer. Develop cloud-native APIs and open-source gateway capabilities supporting billions of daily requests.

Description

  • Join Capital One’s API Gateway platform team as a full-stack software engineer
  • Design and advance technology solutions through collaborative, inclusive, iterative delivery
  • Apply open-source frameworks and emerging technologies to solve engineering challenges
  • Help modernize and evolve Capital One’s API Gateway platform
  • Develop capabilities using OAuth2, OIDC, gRPC, OpenAPI 3.0, and WIDP-based workload identification
  • Contribute to the next-generation API Gateway developed with Kong
  • Support a mission-critical platform that processes all API traffic, handles billions of daily requests, and reaches peak throughput above 200,000 requests per second

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science or a related quantitative discipline
  • At least four years of software engineering experience, excluding internships
  • At least two years of experience with public cloud platforms, cloud productivity tools, or virtualization technologies
  • A master’s degree in computer science or a related field is preferred
  • Seven or more years of coding experience with at least two of Go, Java, JavaScript or TypeScript, Python, Rust, C#, and Scala is preferred
  • Experience working with databases and database management systems
  • Experience with AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Azure, cloud productivity tools, or virtualization technologies
  • Experience contributing to open-source frameworks
  • Experience using front-end JavaScript or TypeScript frameworks
  • Experience developing synchronous and asynchronous APIs
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and automated testing frameworks
  • Experience with Git-based version control
  • Experience diagnosing technical issues in cloud environments
  • Experience using modern AI coding tools and IDE copilots
  • At least one year of experience mentoring engineers and supporting professional development on technical teams
  • At least one year of experience using observability to identify and improve performance bottlenecks in distributed systems
  • Experience with interactive AI tools beyond basic code completion
  • Experience leading cross-functional engineering initiatives or large-scale technical efforts
  • Experience defining and enforcing coding standards and design patterns across teams
  • Capital One will not sponsor new employment authorization applicants or provide immigration-related support for this position

Benefits

  • Performance-based incentive compensation may include cash bonuses and/or long-term incentives
  • Comprehensive health, financial, and other benefits designed to support overall well-being
  • Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants who need them

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