Director of Cloud-Driven Full-Stack Engineering

Capital One National Association; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 269,000 - 307,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Director, Full-stack Engineer to lead multiple product-focused software teams in McLean, VA, shaping technology strategy and architecture across enterprise platforms.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product managers and executives, and drive cloud adoption and scalable solutions while promoting inclusion and engineering excellence in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a quantitative field or CS.
• At least 5 years of people management experience.
• At least 7 years in software engineering, cloud, data architecture, and related areas.

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.
• Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of your solutions.
• Shape long-term technical strategy and architecture standards for enterprise platforms.
• Drive talent strategy and succession planning across engineering teams.

Skills

People management

Technical leadership

Mentoring engineers

Agile methodologies

Cross-functional collaboration

Software architecture

Cloud computing

Microservices

DevOps practices

Architecture strategy

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Distributed systems design

SPA frameworks (JS/TS)

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Director, Full-stack Engineer to lead multiple product-focused software teams in McLean, VA, shaping technology strategy and architecture across enterprise platforms.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product managers and executives, and drive cloud adoption and scalable solutions while promoting inclusion and engineering excellence in a fast-paced environment.