Lead Software Engineer, Full Stack- Shopping (Remote) at Capital One
Columbia, SC
$179,400–$204,700from the description
Jul 17, 2026
Columbia, SC
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior engineering role focused on leading full-stack development within a shopping/fintech product. The position involves guiding a team building distributed microservices and cloud-based systems, working across a broad technology stack including multiple programming languages, containerization tools, and AWS services. It suits an experienced engineer comfortable with both hands-on development and technical leadership, including mentoring and collaborating with product managers.
Senior level · 4+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 14,100 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 8,400–21,100
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $135,980 (middle half $105,210–$171,980). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The job title is 'Lead Software Engineer' — Capital One uses 'Lead' as a level above Senior on their IC ladder, but the requirements (4+ years minimum, 1 year cloud) are consistent with a Senior band on a standard market ladder; seniority is set to Senior accordingly.
Compensation figures shown are for the Remote tier ($179,400–$204,700). The McLean, VA in-office range is higher ($197,300–$225,100); since the caller has designated this a fully-remote role, the remote figures are used.
The 'What You'll Do' section lists JavaScript, Java, HTML/CSS, TypeScript, SQL, Python, Go, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS as the working stack. These appear in a narrative/responsibilities section rather than a formal 'Required' block, but the Basic Qualifications gate on 'software engineering' and 'cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)' broadly. The specific languages and tools are treated as required given they are the stated working stack and the role is full-stack.
The Preferred Qualifications call out 7+ years in at least one of JavaScript, Java, TypeScript, SQL, Python, Node.js, or Go — Node.js appears only here (not in the stack narrative), so it is captured as preferred with the years demanded of 7 reflecting the preferred threshold.
People management experience (1+ years) is listed as preferred; it is not captured as a named technology skill per extraction rules.
Payment processing or financial data analysis experience is listed as preferred but names no specific technology, so it is omitted per rules.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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