Staff Software Engineer - Backend

Salary: £62,000 - 102,000 per year Requirements: • 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 of steering Communities of Practice or technical forums • Strong business acumen and ability to translate technical concepts for various audiences Responsibilities: • 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 Technologies: • AWS • Azure • Cloud • GCP • Support • Java • DevOps • Network • Backend More: At Capital One, we’re building a leading information-based technology company with a mission to help our customers succeed by bringing ingenuity, simplicity, and humanity to banking. Were located in London, and this is a permanent position with a hybrid working model, requiring a presence in our office three days a week. We emphasize collaboration and connection, offering high performers strong and diverse career progression with access to numerous benefits, including a pension scheme, bonus, generous holiday entitlement, and private medical insurance. Our workspaces are designed to inspire and support you, with facilities that promote wellness and productivity. last updated 45 week of 2026