Ad Tech Engineering Director, Cloud & Platform

Capital One; Trenton (NJ); Remote; USD 286,000 - 327,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One Shopping Tech seeks a Senior Director, Ad Tech Engineering to guide multiple high-performing teams in building scalable, customer-centric software in the cloud. You will partner with product managers, designers and executives to translate business goals into robust platforms.

You will drive engineering strategy, mentor managers, and lead cross-functional architectural decisions while fostering diversity and continuous learning across the org.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, OR, Analytics, Math, Engineering)
• 7+ years of people management experience
• 9+ years of software engineering and solution architecture
• 9+ years of enterprise architecture and design patterns
• 9+ years of cloud computing (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
• 9+ years of data architecture
• Master’s degree in CS or Software Engineering (preferred)
• 12+ years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture (preferred)
• 12+ years of experience in enterprise architecture and design patterns (preferred)
• 12+ years of experience in web technologies (JavaScript, TypeScript, SPA) (preferred)
• 12+ years of experience in cloud computing (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) (preferred)
• 12+ years of experience in data architecture (preferred)
• 12+ years of professional experience in full lifecycle of system development (preferred)
• 7+ years mentoring senior engineers and driving development (preferred)
• 3+ years leading cross-domain architectural reviews (preferred)
• Expertise in agentic AI coding tools to solve development challenges (preferred)

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and grow multiple teams of software engineers
• Shape long-term technical strategy and architecture standards
• Align product roadmaps with scalable technology capabilities
• Drive talent strategy including succession planning and development
• Mentor engineers on technical and professional growth
• Collaborate with product managers on application capabilities and testing scenarios
• Improve software engineering practices across teams
• Design and implement full-stack solutions across development tools
• Ensure availability, resilience and scalability of solutions
• Stay current with tech trends and mentor others in the engineering community
• Encourage innovation and inclusive teamwork
• Improve velocity across the organization
• Lead efforts to deploy apps into AWS environments

Skills

People management

Leadership

Architectural design

Mentoring engineers

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in CS or related field

Master’s degree in CS or Software Engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

Capital One Shopping Tech seeks a Senior Director, Ad Tech Engineering to guide multiple high-performing teams in building scalable, customer-centric software in the cloud. You will partner with product managers, designers and executives to translate business goals into robust platforms.

You will drive engineering strategy, mentor managers, and lead cross-functional architectural decisions while fostering diversity and continuous learning across the org.