Lead Software Development Engineer - Shared Platforms in Nottingham

About this role

Capital One’s mission is to change banking for good by bringing humanity, ingenuity and simplicity to banking. As a Lead Senior Engineer you will be contributing to the development of our applications and solutions that support our software and infrastructure delivery teams within Capital One. Our Engineers are people who lead by example, build strong and valuable relationships and have the confidence to influence at all levels. We are proud of who we are and what we do and want you to join us at this particularly exciting time at Capital One. You will be working with focused delivery teams whilst partnering with colleagues across our entire business to enable and enhance the ability for our teams to deliver solutions at pace.

What you’ll do

• You will lead a team or cross-functional engineering team to design, enable and develop software features that support the delivery of software and services within your delivery domain.
• Work with the engineering lead, stakeholders and the enterprise to understand the product direction and to then translate those requirements into technical solutions.
• You will take end-to-end responsibility for technical design, implementation, and operational considerations.
• You will play a crucial role in supporting the elevation of engineering enablement, excellence, and experience across the broader engineering community.
• Drive engineering best practices (e.g., Operational Excellence, Security, Quality, etc.) and set standards, across your team and wider engineering teams.
• Innovate and identify opportunities to simplify and remove friction for engineers throughout the SDLC.
• Enable our platforms and enablement teams to offer solutions that increase productivity and reduce friction.
• Drive efforts to build stronger partnerships between Product Engineering, senior engineering and the Enterprise.

What we’re looking for

• Extensive, demonstrable knowledge of designing architectures that are secure and perform at scale.
• Exceptional programming skills and knowledge of building APIs using modern OO languages preferably Java, SOLID principles, SOA, HTTP and REST.
• Exceptional programming skills and knowledge Spring and Spring Boot.
• Proficiency in cloud-based projects, particularly with AWS and software engineering.
• Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins and unit testing (JUnit, Mockito).
• Familiarity with OpenTelemetry, datalakes and Observability products (metrics, traces, logs, Go).
• You’re able to effectively communicate and work together across engineering to maximise inner-sourcing opportunities and reduce waste.
• You’ll have a proven ability to deliver high quality applications at scale.
• You’re an advocate for quality and can support the team leveraging approaches such as Pair Programming, TDD and BDD.

Where and how you’ll work

This is a permanent position and is based in our Nottingham office. We have a hybrid working model which gives you flexibility to work from our offices and from home. We’re big on collaboration and connection, so you’ll be based in our office 3 days a week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

What’s in it for you

• Bring us all this and you’ll be rewarded with a role contributing to the product roadmap for an organisation committed to transformation.
• We’re continuing our journey into the public cloud and have problems of scale, security, availability and performance for you to help solve.
• We offer high performers strong and diverse career progression, investing heavily in developing great people through our Capital One University training programmes (and appropriate external providers).
• Immediate access to our core benefits including pension scheme, bonus, generous holiday entitlement and private medical insurance – with flexible benefits available including season-ticket loans, cycle to work scheme and enhanced parental leave.
• Open-plan workspaces and facilities designed to inspire and support you. Our Nottingham head-office has a fully-serviced gym, subsidised restaurant and dedicated development resources.

What you should know about how we recruit

We pride ourselves on hiring the best people, not the same people. Building diverse and inclusive teams is the right thing to do and the smart thing to do. We want to work with top talent: whoever you are, whatever you look like, wherever you come from. We know it’s about what you do, not just what you say. That’s why we make our recruitment process fair and accessible. And we offer benefits that attract people at all ages and stages.

We also partner with organisations including the Women in Finance and Race At Work Charters, Stonewall and upReach to find people from every walk of life and help them thrive with us. We have a whole host of internal networks and support groups you could be involved in, to name a few:

• REACH – Race Equality and Culture Heritage group focuses on representation, retention and engagement for associates from minority ethnic groups and allies.
• OutFront – to provide LGBTQ+ support for all associates.
• Mind Your Mind – signposting support and promoting positive mental wellbeing for all.
• Women in Tech – promoting an inclusive environment in tech.
• EmpowHER - network of female associates and allies focusing on developing future leaders, particularly for female talent in our industry.
• Enabled - focused on supporting associates with disabilities and neurodiversity.

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.