Lead Software Engineer, Full Stack (Risk Tech, Intelligent Foundations & Experiences)
Capital One · McLean, VA
$179,400–$225,100from the description
Jul 14, 2026
McLean, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A lead engineering role on a risk management platform, building and deploying AI-powered tools for governance, risk, and compliance (GRC). Day-to-day work involves leading a team of developers on distributed microservices and full-stack systems, using languages such as JavaScript, Java, Python, and Go alongside cloud infrastructure and container orchestration. Suited to an experienced full-stack engineer comfortable with both technical leadership and hands-on cloud-based development.
Senior level · 4+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Bachelor's required · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,450 people in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 1,100–1,850
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $158,337 (middle half $126,441–$180,105). 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)
Multiple work locations are listed: Cambridge MA, McLean VA, and Richmond VA. The CBSA and state reflect the McLean/Richmond VA cluster (Capital One's headquarters region); Cambridge MA is also a valid location for this posting.
The salary range spans two tiers: $197,300–$225,100 (Cambridge MA / McLean VA) and $179,400–$204,700 (Richmond VA). The minimum and maximum reported reflect the full cross-location spread.
The title 'Lead Software Engineer' maps to Senior on the seniority ladder — the JD describes leading a portfolio and team of developers but does not describe org-wide technical authority or explicit people-management as a hard gate (people management is listed only under Preferred Qualifications).
JavaScript is listed first among the required languages but the JD explicitly treats Java, Node.js, TypeScript, SQL, Python, and Go as interchangeable alternatives ('at least one of the following' in Preferred; all listed together in the Basic section narrative). They are captured as alternatives on a single skill entry.
The 7+ years of experience in a programming language and 3+ years of cloud experience appear under Preferred Qualifications; the hard gates are 4+ years of software engineering overall and 1+ year of cloud experience.
Open source frameworks (4+ years) and people management (1+ year) appear under Preferred Qualifications and are not captured as named-technology skills per extraction rules.
'AI tooling' is listed under Preferred Qualifications as experience leveraging interactive AI tooling to accelerate productivity — no specific product is named, so it is captured generically.
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