Director, Software Engineering

Capital One; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work From Home allowance

Mental health coverage

Annual tuition subsidies

Spousal/domestic partner coverage

Job summary

Capital One Canada is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead engineering teams developing foundational technology for customer-facing web and mobile apps. You will collaborate with business clients, mentor engineers, and drive excellence in a hybrid, high-performance culture.

The role emphasizes servant leadership, cloud-first delivery, and alignment with strategic imperatives across agile teams.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of software engineering experience.
• At least 7 years of people management experience.
• At least 3 years leading multiple teams in an agile environment.
• At least 1 year managing other managers including talent development & succession planning.
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering.
• 13+ years’ of software development experience.
• 8+ years’ of Agile practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineers and grow talent to build foundational capabilities for customer-facing apps.
• Mentor engineers and guide professional and technical development.
• Raise accountability and foster a culture of excellence.
• Build psychological safety within teams and adjacent groups.
• Define strategic roadmaps with stakeholders and deliver digital products.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Agile practices

Cloud computing

DevOps

Mentoring

Strategic planning

Stakeholder management

Education

Master’s Degree in CS/SE

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Terraform

CI/CD tools

Job description

161 Bay Street (93021), Canada, Toronto,Toronto, Ontario, Director, Software Engineering About Capital One Canada. For 30 years, we've been on a mission to change banking for good. We challenge the traditional bank stereotype by integrating machine learning, conversational AI and design thinking into our core operations. We're a bank a tech company would build, where your work directly shapes innovative solutions that impact millions of Canadians. We're driven by fearless curiosity, bold innovation, and a collective of authentic people working together to redefine what's possible. Technology isn’t just part of our strategy, it is our strategy. Everything we do serves our vision and the creation of what’s next.

About the Team

Join Capital One in Canada as we build the products that enable our millions of international Card customers. This team will specifically be working on the development of customer management capabilities for international Card users, including transitioning from an account-centric to a customer-centric decision-making model.

About the Role

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 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 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.

Your Responsibilities

• Lead with humility and grow talented engineers who are building the next level of engineering capabilities to enable the success of our valued customers
• Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of engineers in the organization
• 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
• Encourage innovation, foster diversity and inclusion, challenge the status quo, leverage cutting-edge technologies, and offer outside-of-the-box thinking, teamwork
• Partner with leaders across the company to architect, design and develop enterprise platforms, including large scale data and machine learning applications

Basic Qualifications

• At Least 10 years of experience in software engineering
• At Least 7 years of experience in people management
• At Least 3 years of experience leading multiple teams within an agile environment
• At Least 1 year of experience managing other managers including talent development, performance management, team building and succession planning
• Demonstrated experience and success pursuing best practices for teams of software engineers

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering
• 13+ years’ of experience in software development
• 8+ years’ of experience in Agile practices
• Experience with configuration management and infrastructure automation tools
• Experience with Cloud computing platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP)
• Experience leading horizontal DevOps/Developer tooling teams
• Working at Capital One

You’ll be empowered to take end-to-end ownership of your work and your career, backed by a high-performance, hybrid culture and holistic suite of benefits designed to support your whole self. Take ownership of your own potential: Whether you’re looking to upskill, pivot into new business areas, or master your craft, you’ll have access to tools and mentorship to reach your potential and define your career trajectory. Find your rhythm: We believe trust fosters the flexibility and autonomy required to balance personal needs with a focus on high performance. We support a hybrid model – with 3 days in the office per week – that gives room for both collaboration and personal commitments.

Benefits built for your life

• full coverage for spouses, domestic partners and dependents
• one-time Work From Home allowance to build your comfortable workspace
• up to $3,000 in mental health coverage
• up to $5,000 in annual tuition subsidies

This posting is for an existing vacancy. We’mbrace the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance the candidate experience and streamline our recruitment processes. However, no hiring decisions are made using AI as every hiring decision is made by our hiring managers, business interviewers, and recruitment professionals. Our teams are equipped with training that empowers them to use AI responsibly.

Capital One Canada is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We consider all qualified applicants and will meet the needs of those requiring reasonable accommodations.

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Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).

At Capital One, we’re building a leading information-based technology company. Still founder-led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Fairbank, Capital One is on a mission to help our customers succeed by bringing ingenuity, simplicity, and humanity to banking. We measure our efforts by the success our customers enjoy and the advocacy they exhibit.