Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Capital One; Toronto; On-site; CAD 202,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Tuition subsidies

Mental health coverage

Work From Home allowance

Job summary

Capital One Canada is seeking a Senior Manager, Software Engineering to drive AI-powered developer productivity and enterprise-scale tooling. You will lead a team of 6+ engineers, shape the technical direction of Card Tech, and collaborate with product and business leaders to deliver scalable solutions.

You will optimize developer environments, manage GitHub workflows, and promote best practices in security, tests, and deployment. This role blends hands-on architecture with strategic leadership.

Qualifications

• At least 4 years of leadership experience in agile environments.
• At least 4 years in direct people leadership incl. talent development and performance management.
• At least 10 years hands-on software engineering experience.
• Knowledge of security, automated testing, CI/CD, high availability and resiliency.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 6+ engineers to build solutions.
• Architect developer platforms and internal tools or CI/CD systems.
• Advance AI and platform innovation with LLM tooling and local AI integration patterns.
• Foster engineering culture, mentor engineers and set technical standards.
• Stay abreast of tech trends and engage with internal/external communities.

Skills

People leadership

Agile

AI tooling

Machine learning

Dev Containers

CI/CD

Docker

GitHub workflows

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's/Master’s in CS/SE/IT

Tools

Docker

Dev Containers

GitHub

CI/CD tools

API/Spec frameworks

Job description

161 Bay Street (93021), Canada, Toronto,Toronto, Ontario, Senior Manager, 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. As part of a leading technology organization, you will work alongside our talented team of developers, product managers and people leaders to build cutting edge tools to accelerate developer productivity across tens of thousands of software engineers and business partners. You will drive innovation at multiple levels, helping optimize business outcomes while driving towards strong technology solutions. At Capital One, developer experience is a business priority. The Engineering 360 (E360) team reshapes how thousands of software engineers build, test and ship code. You will focus on optimizing the developer experience from initial code commit to pull-request merge. You will architect enterprise scale tools, pioneer cutting edge AI integration, and eliminate workflow friction across the entire Card Technology ecosystem.

About the Role: As a Capital One Senior Manager, Software Engineering, you’ll bring your unique and extensive experience, perspective and strong communication skills to work hand in hand with tech and business leaders to shape the future technical direction of Card Tech and beyond. You’ll help: Drive AI-powered Developer Productivity: architect and scale modern AI developer capabilities, such as local MCP integrations, token optimization techniques, and OpenSpec standards. Optimize the Inner Loop: standard developer environments and speed up feedback loops using Dev Containers, smart PR validation workflows, and automated code review optimizations. Enhance Enterprise Infrastructure: lead key initiatives around GitHub ecosystem management, internal library optimization, and developer tooling efficiency at enterprise scale. Lead and Innovate: partner closely with engineering leaders, product managers, and business stakeholder to turn developer friction into automated, high-impact solutions.

Your Responsibilities:

• Lead with technical expertise and a proven track record of architecting developer platforms, internal tools or enterprise CI/CD systems. Apply deep hands on experience to core tooling around containerization (Docker, Dev Containers), GitHub workflows, and modern software build systems.
• Build and contribute to AI and platform innovation with strong technical proficiency in LLM tooling, local AI integration patterns (MCP), token optimization, and API/spec frameworks.
• Foster strong engineering culture with a passion for developer advocacy, mentoring engineers, and setting technical standards across large engineering organizations.
• Directly lead a team of 6+ engineers to build solutions Participate in talent and succession planning, encourage innovation, implement cutting-edge technologies, elevate inclusion, offer out of the box thinking, celebrate teamwork, self-organization and diversity.
• Bring passion to stay on top of tech trends, experiment with and learn new technology, participate in internal & external technology communities, and mentor other members of the engineering community.

Basic Qualifications:

• At least 4 years of experience leading a team within an agile environment
• At least 4 years of experience providing direct people leadership including talent development, performance management, team building and succession planning
• At least 10 years of experience as a hands-on software engineer
• Knowledge of software engineering best practices including security, automated testing, continuous delivery (CI/CD), high-availability and system resiliency

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, or another cloud service
• Experience with full stack software development
• Exposure to financial/tech industry
• Bachelor's, Master’s or Diploma in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or in related field
• Experience leading multiple teams
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior business and product stakeholders (Director+) on strategy and roadmaps
• At least 5 years of experience managing relationships with Business and/or Product stakeholders, and/or external partners
• At least 10 years of experience contributing to application and/or data design, architecture and development
• Working at Capital One.

This posting is for an existing vacancy. The expected annual salary range for this position is $202,400 - $231,000

This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.

We’ embrace 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.

Benefits built for your life:

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.

We take a holistic approach to well-being, providing support for you and those who are most important to you. This includes: full coverage for spouses, domestic partners and dependents, a one-time Work From Home allowance to build your comfortable workspace, up to $3,000 in mental health coverage and up to $5,000 in annual tuition subsidies. You’ll find that Capital One is committed to helping you thrive and evolve every step of the way.