Director, Software Engineering

Director, Software Engineering

As a Capital One Director of Software Engineering, you will lead the development of large-scale, distributed AI and ML customer-facing web and mobile applications built on highly-available microservices. This role requires solid experience in emerging and traditional technologies to design, build, and scale resilient systems, including expertise in node.js, Java, GO, Python, REST, JSON, No

SQL and relational databases, Spark, and AWS/Cloud Infrastructure. You will focus on leveraging and contributing back to our industry-leading AI/ML platforms to deliver delightful new agentic and conversational experiences to end customers. We are seeking a Director with an excellent track record leading and motivating large high-performing engineering teams, influencing technology direction across functional areas, and working extensively with AI/ML science teams to bring new AI-powered experiences to life.

You will:
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 tools 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 & 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 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

Basic Qualifications

:
Bachelor’s Degree

At least 7 years’ experience in software development

At least 5 years’ experience in people management

Preferred Qualifications:

Master’s Degree in Computer Science or a Master’s Degree in Software Engineering

10+ years’ of experience in software development

5+ years’ of experience in Agile practices

Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position. The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting.

Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked. Cambridge, MA: $269,100 - $307,200 for Director, Software Engineering

McLean, VA: $269,100 - $307,200 for Director, Software Engineering

New York, NY: $293,600 - $335,100 for Director, Software Engineering

Richmond, VA: $244,700 - $279,200 for Director, Software Engineering

San Jose, CA: $293,600 - $335,100 for Director, Software Engineering

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter. This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI).

Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the

Capital One Careers website . Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level. This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.

No agencies please. Capital One is an equal…