Lead Software Development Engineer

Nottingham Trent House (95002), United Kingdom, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Lead Software Development Engineer

About this role

We are expanding across multiple engineering teams in our Nottingham office. As a Lead Software Development Engineer, you won’t just be a "cog in the machine." You will technically guide cross-functional teams, influence technical strategy, and own the end-to-end delivery of high-impact products.

As you move forward, we’ll help you find your place among the teams tackling our most critical challenges. We don’t just offer roles; we map your expertise to where it will make the greatest impact.

What You’ll Do

• Architect & Build: Take end-to-end responsibility for technical design and implementation of significant services and applications.
• Lead & Mentor: Guide a team of engineers (not as a people leader), fostering a culture of technical excellence through Pair Programming, TDD, and BDD.
• Innovate at Scale: Collaborate with architects and product owners to design secure, cloud-native architectures (AWS) that perform under global demand.
• Community Contribution: Help set the standard for "what good looks like" by contributing to inner-sourcing and standardized best practices across our entire engineering community.

What We’re Looking For

We hire for engineering fundamentals , not just a specific list of keywords. If you have the following, we’d love to talk:

• Technical Leadership: You’ve led teams or squads through complex, ambiguous projects.
• Agnostic Excellence: You have exceptional programming skills in modern OO languages. While we use a lot of Java, we value engineers who understand SOLID principles, SOA, and REST regardless of their primary language.
• Cloud Fluency: Experience building and deploying in cloud environments.
• Collaborators: You thrive in an environment where you can communicate complex ideas simply and work across different teams to reduce waste and maximize impact.
• Visionary Innovator : You are excited by the opportunity AI offers to innovate how we deliver software

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 offices 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 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 love continuous learning and that’s why we give you 10% of your time to work on cutting edge innovative projects that shape the way we will work in the future
• 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, mindfulness and music rooms. In London, you can heighten your mood with a run on our rooftop running track or an espresso at the Workshop Coffee café

Capital One is committed to diversity in the workplace.

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Who We Are

At Capital One, we're building a leading information-based technology company. Still founder-led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Fairbank, Capital One is on a mission to help our customers succeed by bringing ingenuity, simplicity, and humanity to banking. We measure our efforts by the success our customers enjoy and the advocacy they exhibit. We are succeeding because they are succeeding.

Guided by our shared values, we thrive in an environment where collaboration and openness are valued. We believe that innovation is powered by perspective and that teamwork and respect for each other lead to superior results. We elevate each other and obsess about doing the right thing. Our associates serve with humility and a deep respect for their responsibility in helping our customers achieve their goals and realize their dreams. Together, we are on a quest to change banking for good.