# Luis Bowser > Senior Software Engineer at Capital One Location: Reston, Virginia, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/luisbowser I design, build, and own full-stack applications end-to-end β€” from architecting reliable Django/Python backends to crafting seamless React/TypeScript frontends, while owning the end-to-end experience that delivers real value to customers. At Capital One, I don’t just write features β€” I architect solutions, provision AWS infrastructure, and keep critical systems running under pressure as an on-call engineer. πŸš€ What I bring to the table: Full-stack product engineering (Python, Django, React, TypeScript) Deep cloud expertise with AWS (EC2, Lambda, RDS, CloudFormation, S3, IAM, and more) Experience building automation frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and reliability tooling Proven record of debugging, scaling, and hardening systems in production Strong collaboration with product, UX, and leadership to ship features customers love Mentorship, code reviews, and a passion for raising the technical bar on my teams I’ve worked across backend, frontend, infrastructure, and reliability β€” and I thrive where these intersect. Whether it’s designing new features, fixing complex production bugs, or scaling apps for thousands of users, I bring the same mindset: solve problems, deliver impact, and make systems better than I found them. Always excited to connect with engineers, product leaders, and innovators pushing technology forward. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack @ Capital One Jan 2024 – Present | McLean, Virginia, United States Design, develop, and maintain full-stack applications powered by a Django/Python backend and React frontend, delivering scalable and high-performing solutions to internal and external users. Own AWS infrastructure for the team, provisioning and maintaining cloud services including EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, CloudFormation, and IAM, ensuring secure, cost-efficient, and highly available environments. Serve as an on-call engineer, troubleshooting and resolving critical production issues in real time while minimizing downtime and customer impact. Partner directly with customers and stakeholders to triage issues, gather requirements, and implement solutions that improve workflows and user experience. Collaborate closely with product, UX, and leadership teams to design and deliver new features, ensuring alignment between technical implementation and business goals. Contribute to a culture of engineering excellence by performing code reviews, mentoring teammates, and advocating for best practices in CI/CD, observability, and cloud-native development. ### Software Development Engineer II @ Qualtrics Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | Washington DC-Baltimore Area Designed and developed full-stack features across a Django backend and Angular frontend, contributing to core Qualtrics applications used by enterprise customers. Built automation and reliability frameworks in Java/Selenium that integrated directly with the codebase, enabling developers to validate features in CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Docker, AWS). Implemented REST API integrations between internal services and external third-party tools, streamlining workflows and improving system interoperability. Engineered performance, scalability, and resilience testing suites that doubled as developer tooling, ensuring distributed systems met SLAs under high load. Partnered with product teams to triage and resolve issues at the code level, pushing fixes to production and validating end-to-end functionality. Reviewed code, mentored junior engineers, and advocated for best practices in both backend design and frontend maintainability. ### Software Development Engineer I @ Qualtrics Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Washington DC-Baltimore Area Developed full-stack web features with a focus on Django backend APIs and Angular components, while embedding automated validation directly into the development workflow. Built reusable frameworks and test harnesses in Java/Selenium, reducing manual validation and accelerating release cycles. Designed testable architectures in collaboration with product engineers, ensuring new features shipped with strong reliability and monitoring baked in. Performed bug analysis and contributed code-level fixes to both backend and frontend services, reducing escaped defects and improving user experience. ### Enterprise Account Executive @ Qualtrics Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Washington D.C. Metro Area Established, handled, and managed relationships between Qualtrics and senior executives of client and prospective companies Lead sales presentations to customer and prospects at all levels for Federal clients Generated new leads through networking and prospecting, including marketing and PR activities of Qualtrics ### Software Client Leader @ IBM Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Bethesda, MD Lead sales representative across all software brands. Responsible for helping to determine software strategy for major Federal accounts and building upon existing relationships. Responsible for leading technical demos and conversations to address client needs related to their infrastructure. ### Account Executive - Federal System Integrators @ IBM Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | Bethesda, MD Responsible for driving software sales for IBM's Internet of Things (IoT) solution group, with sales responsibilities for Systems Engineering, Enterprise Asset & Facility Management and Integrated Workplace Management offerings. Also responsible for driving sales of IBM's Analytics portfolio, with a focus on Big Data, Information Governance, and Business Analytics solutions. Manage relationships with clients and provides value to them by specializing in IBM product solutions that solve their business problems. Provide leadership and set the overall strategy for a particular product or product line by supporting the strategies of the Client Representative and coordinating other technical resources for successful product sales efforts and implementation projects. ## Education ### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science Georgia Institute of Technology Jan 2025 – Jan 2027 ### Bachelor's Degree in Psychology The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Jan 2011 – Jan 2015 ### Associate's degree in Computer Science Montgomery College Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/luis-bowser-4039abb2 --- Source: https://flows.cv/luisbowser JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/luisbowser/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22