Front-end Engineer 4

About the Team

The Travel App Platform Team builds and maintains the cross‑platform, shared architecture and services that power Capital One Travel products, including flights, hotels, rental cars, vacation rentals, activities and cruises. The team develops the foundational platform to enable rapid development and high customizability in the Capital One Travel Portal, partnering closely with product engineering teams across Capital One Travel to identify shared needs, shape platform direction, and drive adoption of common patterns and services.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Software Engineers, Designers, and Product Managers to deliver high‑performing, quality features for 100M+ customers.
• Provide technical leadership for front‑end architecture and design patterns, acting as a multiplier for the team’s impact.
• Mentor engineers through feedback, code reviews, and best practices for AI‑assisted development, while removing technical obstacles.
• Grow subject‑matter expertise in key platform areas such as performance, accessibility, and architecture.
• Contribute to front‑end architecture decisions, API design reviews, and reusable component development.
• Lead design and development of client Backend‑for‑Frontends (BFFs) and micro‑frontend (MFE) or federated application architectures.
• Define and refine engineering practices, including feature‑flag and canary‑rollout strategies.
• Champion adoption of agentic AI tools and mentor engineers in AI‑native development practices.
• Apply mastery of modern web ecosystem (PWAs, Wasm, mobile web, Service Workers) to make high‑leverage technical contributions.
• Drive a culture of quality, performance, accessibility, and customer empathy, establishing high standards for coding, testing, and user experience.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field (e.g., Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Engineering).
• At least 4 years of professional software engineering experience (internship experience does not apply).
• At least 3 years of experience developing applications using TypeScript, HTML, CSS and modern web frameworks (React, Angular, Vue, Svelte).

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven experience with TypeScript and JavaScript.
• Proven experience with modern web frameworks (React, Angular, Vue, Svelte), HTML and CSS.
• Experience with automated testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, Cypress, Playwright) and web performance tuning.
• Experience designing scalable front‑end architectures and reusable component libraries.
• Experience implementing and maintaining comprehensive automated testing.
• Experience designing and developing client Backend‑for‑Frontends (BFFs) using technologies like GraphQL and efficient networking protocols (e.g., gRPC/Protobuf).
• Experience with micro‑frontend (MFE) architectures or federated architectural patterns.
• Experience in metrics‑driven canary release and feature‑flag strategies.
• Expertise with agentic AI coding tools and AI‑assisted workflow patterns.

Pay

• McLean, VA: $197,300 – $225,100 (Front‑end Engineer 4).
• New York, NY: $215,200 – $245,600 (Front‑end Engineer 4).
• Other locations: salary range will correspond to the local pay range for the role.
• Eligible for performance‑based incentive compensation, including cash bonuses and/or long‑term incentives.

Benefits

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial, and other benefits that support total well‑being. Eligibility varies based on full‑ or part‑time status, exempt or non‑exempt status, and management level.

Capital One does not sponsor new applicants for employment authorization and will not provide immigration support for this position.