Director, Software Engineering

Director, Software Engineering

As a Capital One Director of Software Engineering, you will work on everything from customer‑facing web and mobile applications using cutting‑edge open source frameworks, to highly‑available RESTful microservices, to back‑end Java‑based systems and machine‑learning models using the hottest techniques in Big Data. You will bring solid experience in emerging and traditional technologies such as node.js, Java, GO, Angular

JS, React, Python, REST, JSON, XML, Ruby, Perl, No

SQL databases, relational databases, Spark, Artifactory, Maven, iOS, Android, and AWS/Cloud Infrastructure to name a few.

• Lead, manage and grow multiple teams of product‑focused software engineers.
• Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of engineers on your team.
• Work with product managers to understand desired application capabilities and testing scenarios.
• Continuously improve software engineering practices.
• Work within and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions across a full‑stack development toolset and technologies.
• Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of your solutions.
• Bring a passion to stay on top of tech trends, experiment with and learn new technologies, participate in internal and external technology communities, and mentor other members of the engineering community.
• Encourage innovation, implementation of cutting‑edge technologies, inclusion, outside‑of‑the‑box thinking, teamwork, self‑organization, and diversity.
• Work across teams to improve the velocity of your and other teams.
• Lead efforts to deploy new and existing applications into AWS environments.
• Break existing monolithic applications into micro‑service architectures and build new microservices.

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• At least 7 years’ experience in software development.
• At least 5 years’ experience in people management.

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science or a Master’s Degree in Software Engineering.
• 10+ years’ experience in software development.
• 5+ years’ experience in Agile practices.

Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

• Chicago, IL: $244,700 - $279,200
• McLean, VA: $269,100 - $307,200
• New York, NY: $293,600 - $335,100

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

Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non‑discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug‑free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23‑A of the New York Correction Law;
San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901‑4920;
New York City’s Fair Chance Act;
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