Senior Lead Software Engineer, Full Stack (Bank Tech)
Capital One · Philadelphia, PA
$229,900–$262,400from the description
Jun 30, 2026
Philadelphia, PA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A full-stack engineering lead role within an internal professional services team that moves across multiple product and platform domains rather than owning a single product. Day-to-day work involves writing production code, making architecture decisions, and guiding small engineering teams through high-priority engagements spanning areas such as payments, cloud infrastructure, automated testing, and machine learning. Best suited to experienced engineers who are comfortable rapidly onboarding to unfamiliar codebases and switching contexts frequently.
Senior level · 6+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 2,850 people in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 2,150–4,450
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
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 (5)
The posting lists three specific salary ranges by location: $229,900–$262,400 (McLean, VA), $209,000–$238,500 (Philadelphia, PA), and $209,000–$238,500 (Wilmington, DE). The McLean, VA figures are reported here as the primary location; candidates in other cities will receive different ranges.
The only hard-required experience gate is 6+ years of software engineering and 1+ year of cloud computing (AWS, Azure, or GCP) — both stated under 'Basic Qualifications'. All technology-specific experience (JavaScript/Java/TypeScript/Python/Go, AWS depth, open source frameworks, Agile, microservices, serverless, observability, automated testing, AI tooling) appears exclusively under 'Preferred Qualifications'.
The 9+ years of experience in a programming language is listed as preferred, not required — it is notably higher than the 6-year overall minimum, which is the actual hard gate.
The role title is 'Senior Lead Software Engineer' — Capital One's internal leveling; the scope (leading 2–5 engineers, cross-domain delivery, architecture decisions) is consistent with a Senior individual contributor, not a people-management role, so 15-1252 is appropriate over 11-3021.
Multiple work locations are mentioned (McLean VA, Philadelphia PA, Wilmington DE); the role does not appear to be fully remote.
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