Director, Full-Stack Engineering — Cloud & Platform Leader

Hobbsnews; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 269,000 - 307,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One in McLean, VA seeks a Director, Full-stack Engineer who will lead multiple product-focused software teams, set technical direction, and translate business goals into scalable cloud-based platforms.

You will mentor managers and engineers, drive architecture standards, collaborate with product managers and executives, and deploy solutions across AWS, Azure, and enterprise systems while fostering innovation and inclusion.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and grow multiple teams of product-focused software engineers.
• Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of engineers.
• Work with product managers to understand desired application capabilities and testing scenarios.
• Continuously improve software engineering practices.
• Lead deployment of applications into AWS environments.
• Shape long-term technical strategy and architecture standards.

Skills

Team leadership

Mentoring

Cloud computing

AWS / Azure / GCP

Software architecture

Agile

DevOps

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s Degree (preferred)

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

SOA/ microservices

Job description

Capital One in McLean, VA seeks a Director, Full-stack Engineer who will lead multiple product-focused software teams, set technical direction, and translate business goals into scalable cloud-based platforms.

You will mentor managers and engineers, drive architecture standards, collaborate with product managers and executives, and deploy solutions across AWS, Azure, and enterprise systems while fostering innovation and inclusion.