Sr. Director, Software Engineering; Developer
Listed on 2026-02-28
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Software Development
Software Engineer, Full Stack Developer, Cloud Engineer - Software, Senior Developer
Sr. Director, Software Engineering (Developer Experience)
As a Capital One Senior Director of Software Engineering, you'll 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 using the hottest techniques in Big Data. You'll 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, Hadoop, Chef, Maven, iOS, Android, and AWS/Cloud Infrastructure to name a few.
In this role, you will be responsible for being a leader of leaders (both technical and non-technical roles) to spearhead the evolution of our technology organization. You will lead a multidisciplinary team focused on closing the skills gap for the 'Engineer of the Future' through robust learning mechanisms and strategic advocacy. By balancing high-level strategy with a hands-on commitment to automation, you will mature our internal platforms to reduce developer toil and ensure our technology offerings remain world-class.
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 9 years’ experience in software development
At least 7 years’ experience in people management
Preferred Qualifications:
Master’s Degree in Computer Science or a Master’s Degree in Software Engineering
13+ years’ of experience in software development
8+ 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.
McLean, VA: $314,800 - $359,300 for Sr. Dir, Software Engineering
Richmond, VA: $286,200 - $326,700 for Sr. Dir, 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.
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