Director, Software Engineering

Capital One; Ciudad de México; Presencial; MXN 1.000.000 - 1.500.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Capital One seeks a Director of Software Engineering in Mexico City to lead, mentor and build high‑caliber software teams delivering customer‑centric platforms. You’ll recruit talent, drive technology strategy, and partner with product leaders to shape the destination architecture and a scalable portfolio.

You will manage multiple teams across AWS, Java, Python, and modern tooling, while continuously improving engineering practices and fostering innovation in a fast‑paced, globally connected

Formación

• Minimum 9 years in software development.
• At least 7 years in people management.
• At least 5 years of AWS experience.
• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Influence executive stakeholders and align engineering with business priorities.
• Lead, manage and grow multiple software engineering teams with accountability culture.
• Mentor engineers on both professional and technical development.
• Collaborate with product leaders to define strategy, roadmap and destination architecture.
• Manage a portfolio of platforms to build scalable customer-centric applications.
• Continuously improve software engineering practices across teams.
• Work across Agile teams to design, develop, test and support solutions.
• Ensure availability, resilience and scalability of solutions.
• Stay ahead of tech trends, prototype new ideas, and mentor others in the community.
• Foster innovation, inclusion, and collaboration across teams.

Conocimientos

Leadership

People management

Strategic planning

English communication

Cloud computing

Educación

Bachelor’s Degree in related field

Master’s Degree

Herramientas

AWS

Java

Python

New Relic

Splunk

Datadog

Swift

Kotlin

Descripción del empleo

WeWork Reforma Latino (97001), Mexico, Ciudad de Mexico, Ciudad de Mexico

Director, Software Engineering

Capital One is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead, manage, mentor, and build extremely talented software engineering teams to deliver game changing technologies. The. Director must have the ability to attract and recruit the industry’s best talent, and simultaneously have the technical chops to ensure that we build compelling, customer oriented solutions in an iterative methodology.

As a candidate for this role, you’re able to seamlessly switch from diving deep into technology with engineers to driving high-level, strategic discussions. You are a naturally curious technologist and stay on top of emerging trends, including hands‑on prototyping of nascent technologies. You are not afraid to question any existing processes and solutions, yet you display a keen sense of business value proposition and focus on the right priorities.

This technology leader will be responsible for managing the cloud infrastructure of our critical platform and the underlying ecosystem of services like feature management, edge infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and all associated components in AWS for one of the largest and most digitally advanced financial institutions serving millions of customers across multiple lines of businesses.

You thrive in working in a fast paced, technologically forward leaning environment and are not afraid to push the boundaries. You'll bring solid experience in emerging and traditional technologies such as: AWS, Java, Python, New Relic, Splunk, Datadog, Swift, Kotlin to name a few.

You will

• Influence executive stakeholders
• Lead, manage and grow multiple teams of software engineers and build a culture of accountability
• Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of engineers on your team
• Work with product leaders to define the strategy, roadmap and destination architecture
• Manage a portfolio of diverse technology platforms and projects to build scalable applications that meet our customer needs
• Continuously improve software engineering practices
• Work within and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions across a full-stack of 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

Basic Qualifications

• Intermediate-Advanced English fluency
• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 9 years experience in software development
• At least 7 years experience in people management
• At least 5 years of experience with AWS

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree
• 13+ years of experience in software development
• 8+ years of experience with public cloud providers (AWS, GCP)
• 8+ years of experience in Agile practices
• 7+ years of experience with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

At Capital One, we respect individual differences in culture, religion, and ethnicity. Likewise, we promote equal opportunities and development for all personnel. In the hiring process, we seek to provide equal employment opportunities to candidates, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil status, national origin, disability, or any other situation protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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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, any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Service Corp (COPSSC), and any position posted in Mexico is for Capital One Technology Labs Mexico.