Lead Software Engineer – Capital One Shopping Tech (Categories Team)

Lead Software Engineer – Capital One Shopping Tech (Categories Team) Do you love building and pioneering in the technology space? Do you enjoy solving complex business problems in a fast-paced, collaborative, inclusive, and iterative delivery environment? At Capital One Shopping, you'll be part of a group of makers, breakers, doers, and disruptors who love to solve real problems and meet real customer needs. We are seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join our Categories tower. Within Capital One Shopping, Categories is our high-growth, entrepreneurial hub focused on 0-1 product launches. We build thematic spend ecosystems—ranging from Travel (Hotels, Airbnb, Rental Cars) and Groceries to Streaming, Event Tickets, and Mobile Gaming.

As a Lead Full Stack Engineer, you’ll have the unique opportunity to partner deeply with Product Managers to ideate, strategize, and architect brand-new consumer experiences. If you want the nimbleness and ownership of a startup backed by the massive scale of a top-tier tech institution, this is your space.

What You’ll Do

• Own and Build 0 1 Greenfield Products: Take technical ownership of brand-new, greenfield product spaces from inception to deployment. You will be a hands-on engineer deeply involved in building and delivering highly scalable, distributed microservices, with a heavy emphasis on robust backend architecture.
• Master Complex Scale: Work across diverse platforms and stacks. While day-to-day development relies heavily on JavaScript/TypeScript, you will also touch unique infrastructure and big data pipelines tracking over 3 billion items and terabytes of analytics.
• Partner & Ideate: Collaborate closely with Digital Product Managers to define technical strategy, exercise high ownership over your domain, and turn ambiguous consumer needs into high-performing features.
• Mentor & Code: Share your passion for staying on top of tech trends, experimenting with new technologies, an