Capital One
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Lead Software Engineer Python Vector Databases AWS

Onsite · Washington, District of Columbia
Posted August 12, 2026
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Overview

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. 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.

What You'll Do7

  • 1Design and build the Content Hub vector database and graph database infrastructure for semantic retrieval
  • 2Own the indexing pipeline query layer and integration with AI content generation platform
  • 3Build and operate embedding pipelines generate embeddings manage chunking strategies and handle index refresh as content evolves
  • 4Own 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
  • 5Lead 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
  • 6Collaborate with digital product managers deliver robust cloud-based solutions that drive powerful experiences to help millions of Americans achieve financial empowerment
  • 7Utilize programming languages such as 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

Requirements10

  • 1Bachelor’s Degree
  • 2At least 4 years of experience in software engineering
  • 3At least 1 year experience with cloud computing AWS
  • 4Experience with data infrastructure search systems or AI ML engineering
  • 5Experience working with vector databases or embedding-based search
  • 6Experience with data pipeline engineering ingestion transformation chunking and indexing at scale familiarity with batch and streaming pipeline patterns
  • 7Experience with Python for data pipeline and backend service development
  • 8Experience with RAG architecture
  • 92+ years of experience in Agile practices
  • 10Leveraging interactive AI tooling to accelerate productivity utilizing capabilities beyond basic code completion

Salary Insight

Salary not disclosed in listing

Location

Typeonsite
LocationWashington, District of Columbia

Required Skills

pythonawsreactkubernetesspark
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