Director, Full-Stack Engineering & Cloud Architecture

Capital One; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 245,000 - 279,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-based incentives

Health benefits

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Capital One seeks a Director, Full-stack Engineer to lead multiple product‑focused software teams in the cloud, partnering with product managers, designers, and executives. You will drive architectural decisions, deliver scalable platforms, and shape long‑term tech strategy across Capital One Tech.

You will mentor engineers, champion agile practices, and lead cross‑domain architectural reviews while fostering an inclusive, innovative engineering culture and strong talent development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related quantitative field.
• 5+ years of people management experience.
• 7+ years in software engineering, architecture, cloud, and data architecture.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and grow multiple teams of product‑focused software engineers.
• Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of engineers on your team.
• Work with product managers to understand desired application capabilities and testing scenarios.
• Continuously improve software engineering practices.
• Work within and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement and support technical solutions.
• Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of your solutions.
• Bring a passion to stay on top of tech trends and mentor others in the engineering community.

Skills

People management

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Cloud computing

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related quantitative field

Master's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

Java

JavaScript

TypeScript

SPA frameworks

Go

Python

Rust

C#

Scala

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Capital One seeks a Director, Full-stack Engineer to lead multiple product‑focused software teams in the cloud, partnering with product managers, designers, and executives. You will drive architectural decisions, deliver scalable platforms, and shape long‑term tech strategy across Capital One Tech.

You will mentor engineers, champion agile practices, and lead cross‑domain architectural reviews while fostering an inclusive, innovative engineering culture and strong talent development.