Director, Global Software Engineering

Socket.dev; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 269,000 - 307,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Director of Software Engineering for the Global Payment Network to lead customer-facing web and mobile apps, high-availability microservices, and backend systems. You will supervise Senior Lead Engineers and partner with product managers to deliver scalable solutions across domestic and international rails.

The role requires 7+ years of software engineering and 5+ years in people management, with a track record in Java, Go, Node.js, and cloud infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field required.
• 7+ years in software engineering with leadership experience.
• 5+ years in people management and team leadership.
• Strong experience with Java/Go/Node.js stack and cloud infra.

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.
• Collaborate with product managers on capabilities and testing scenarios.
• Continuously improve software engineering practices.
• Design, develop, test, implement, and support full-stack solutions.
• Ensure availability, resilience, and scalability of systems.
• Stay current with tech trends and mentor others in the engineering community.
• Foster innovation and diverse, collaborative teamwork.
• Improve velocity across teams; deploy applications to AWS.
• Break down monoliths into microservices and build new services.

Skills

Leadership

People Management

Full-Stack Development

Cloud Infrastructure

Java

Go

Node.js

React

AngularJS

Python

REST API

Microservices

Big Data

AWS/Cloud

Spark

Maven

iOS

Android

REST

JSON

XML

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master’s Degree in CS or Software Engineering

Tools

AWS

Maven

Artifactory

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Director of Software Engineering for the Global Payment Network to lead customer-facing web and mobile apps, high-availability microservices, and backend systems. You will supervise Senior Lead Engineers and partner with product managers to deliver scalable solutions across domestic and international rails.

The role requires 7+ years of software engineering and 5+ years in people management, with a track record in Java, Go, Node.js, and cloud infrastructure.