Lead Software Engineer (Python, Vector Databases, AWS)

Capital One is a financial services company that is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to build and manage the data infrastructure that powers their AI-driven content management capabilities. In this role, you will design and build the Content Hub, oversee embedding pipelines, and lead a team of developers to create innovative solutions that meet regulatory needs.

Responsibilities:

• Design and build the Content Hub - vector database and graph database infrastructure for semantic retrieval. Own the indexing pipeline, query layer, and integration with AI content generation platform
• Build and operate embedding pipelines, generate embeddings, manage chunking strategies, and handle index refresh as content evolves
• Own embedding model selection and refresh strategy — evaluate tradeoffs between embedding model quality and operational cost; design refresh pipelines that keep the index current as the underlying content corpora changes
• Lead a portfolio of diverse technology projects and a team of developers with deep experience in distributed microservices, and full stack systems to create solutions that help meet regulatory needs for the company
• Share your passion for staying on top of tech trends, experimenting with and learning new technologies, participating in internal & external technology communities, mentoring other members of the engineering community, and from time to time, be asked to code or evaluate code
• Collaborate with digital product managers, and deliver robust cloud-based solutions that drive powerful experiences to help millions of Americans achieve financial empowerment
• Utilize programming languages like JavaScript, Java, HTML/CSS, TypeScript, SQL, Python, and Go, Open Source RDBMS and NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of AWS tools and services