Overview

Senior Software Development Engineer - Services — Capital One

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer who can walk in the shoes of our users, communicate & collaborate with teams in Business, Technology and Operations, bringing a passion for using software and technology to create impactful solutions. To be successful in this role, you will have an understanding of the benefits of business processes automation to enable user efficiency, the importance of well-governed solution development, and how to balance these needs to produce easy-to-use software. You are able to switch from deep diving users' needs and technical challenges to discussing solutions and prioritisation. You’re not afraid to question stakeholder expectations, using your influencing skills to drive consensus on requirements, bringing it all together into an achievable, impactful solution that creates business value.

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, test and maintain a range of internal facing software products and solutions that automate business processes
• Work to achieve the goals and vision shared by Product Management and your team Leadership
• Be an advocate for governance, documentation and process, ensuring that everything we build meets high standards whilst providing a frictionless user experience
• Make recommendations to stakeholders and drive a consensus of agreement for your solutions. You'll also be great at keeping them in the loop
• Provide technical leadership and innovate within your team.

What We’re Looking For

• A passion for software engineering and a track record of delivering solutions in an efficient and maintainable manner
• Exceptional programming skills and knowledge of building APIs using modern OO languages preferably Java, SOLID principles, SOA, HTTP and REST
• Demonstrable knowledge of creating architectural designs that meet the business need
• Proven experience in technical leadership, with a passion for mentoring and nurturing engineers
• You bring a user focussed mindset. An ability to capture process requirements in order to rapidly refine a solution
• You’re able to effectively communicate and work together across engineering to maximise inner-sourcing opportunities and reduce waste
• Experience and knowledge in Cloud/AWS technologies.

What you’ll get to learn

• Solving real world problems and being comfortable working in a complex regulated environment
• Gain the opportunity to become an expert in writing and optimising code with the power of AI code assistants (GitHub Copilot)

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 offices and from home. You’ll be based in our London office 3 days a week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

What’s in it for you

• Contribute to the product roadmap for an organisation committed to transformation
• Be part of Capital One's journey into the public cloud with scale, security, availability and performance challenges
• 10% of your time to work on cutting edge innovative projects that shape the way we will work in the future
• Strong and diverse career progression with Capital One University training programmes
• Immediate access to core benefits including pension, bonus, generous holiday entitlement and private medical insurance; flexible benefits such as season-ticket loans, cycle to work, and enhanced parental leave
• Open-plan workspaces and facilities to support you; on-site amenities at our London office

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 applying a reasonable adjustment.

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Capital One Financial is made up of several entities. Note: positions posted in Canada are for Capital One Canada; positions in the United Kingdom are for Capital One Europe; positions posted in the Philippines are for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).