Director, Software Engineering

Capital One Canada; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to drive innovation and excellence in technology. In this pivotal role, you will lead talented engineering teams focused on enhancing Developer Experience and Site Reliability. You will engage with stakeholders to create impactful digital products and services while fostering a culture of psychological safety and continuous improvement. If you are a visionary leader with a passion for technology and a commitment to team development, this opportunity offers a chance to shape the future of financial services through cutting-edge engineering practices.

Benefits

Work From Home allowance

Mental health coverage up to $3000

Tuition subsidies up to $5000 per year

Comprehensive health coverage for dependents

Qualifications

• Proven experience in leading engineering teams and driving technical excellence.
• Strong background in software development and cloud technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor engineering teams to elevate technical capabilities.
• Engage with stakeholders to define and execute strategic roadmaps.

Skills

Leadership

Software Engineering

Agile Methodologies

Developer Experience

Site Reliability

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's Degree (preferred)

Tools

AWS

RESTful Microservices

Agile Development Tools

Job description

161 Bay Street (93021), Canada, Toronto, Ontario

Director, Software Engineering

About Capital One Canada:

For over 20 years, we’ve been on a mission to change banking for good and build relationships by making credit accessible, simple, intuitive, and rewarding. We want to help Canadians succeed with credit because we believe in people — in our customers, in our associates, and in talent like you!

Working at Capital One:

Enjoy a hybrid work environment, with 3 days in the office. Build a comfortable workspace with our one-time, Work From Home allowance and enjoy our head office located conveniently across the street from Union Station.

Live well—physically, financially, and emotionally. Receive support for you and those who are most important to you, with full coverage for spouses, domestic partners, and dependents. With up to $3000 in mental health coverage and up to $5000 in tuition subsidies per year—and much more—you’ll discover that Capital One is committed to helping you live your best life.

A day in the life of a Capital One Director of Software Engineering:

You’ll lead the teams and drive the mission and vision of the Engineering organization focused on developing foundational technology capabilities that accelerate the pace of deliveries for customer-facing web and mobile applications. We are excited to write the next chapter of engineering excellence through investment in Site Reliability, Developer Experience, and Developer Tooling to elevate the technology offerings and business opportunities. We have a diverse ecosystem of highly-available RESTful microservices and streaming real-time systems hosted on leading-edge AWS Cloud assets. Our applications leverage open source frameworks and strong software engineering principles that offer a diverse array of challenging, fun, and impactful problems in scalability, monitoring, and automation capabilities. We are looking for a servant leader whose people-first approach and engineering mindset elevates the safe and collaborative culture of the teams and enables delivery of excellence.

If you are a true technologist at heart with the ability and business acumen to partner with business clients in a way that inspires them to challenge the status quo and want to provide an inspiring and compelling working environment that allows your engineering team to push the digital boundaries within the Financial Services industry.

At Capital One, we recognize the competitive advantage of psychological safety and ensure all our teams thrive. Bring yourself, your passions, curiosity, an open mind, and experiences and let’s have a chat!

Responsibilities:

• Lead with humility and grow talented engineering teams who are building the next level of engineering capabilities in Developer Experience, Developer Tooling, and Site Reliability.
• Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of engineers in your teams.
• Raise accountability and strive to build a culture that continuously raises the bar for excellence.
• Build a strong sense of psychological safety on your teams and adjacent teams.
• Engage with stakeholders to define strategic imperatives and execute roadmaps that create original digital customer products and services.
• Work within and across agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions across a full-stack of industry-leading development tools and technologies.
• 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