At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead technical strategy and drive innovation across multiple teams.
- Company: Join Capital One, a leader in tech-driven solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, generous holiday, private medical insurance, and flexible working.
- Other info: Dynamic office with a gym, subsidised restaurant, and a culture of continuous learning.
- Why this job: Shape the future of technology while making a real impact.
- Qualifications: Expertise in Java, system design, and cloud platforms required.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Nottingham Trent House, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
About this role
Do you love shaping the technical landscape and driving innovation across the organisation? 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 Nottingham 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 Nottingham office 3 days a week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
What’s in It for You
Bring us all this – and you’ll be well rewarded with a role contributing to the roadmap of an organisation committed to transformation. 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 accessible facilities designed to inspire and support you. Our Nottingham head‑office has a fully‑serviced gym, subsidised restaurant, mindfulness and music rooms.
Capital One is committed to diversity in the workplace.
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