Director of Software Engineering – Global Payments Platform

Capital One; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 239,900 - 273,800; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is looking for a Director of Software Engineering in Chicago, IL. The role involves leading multiple teams of software engineers, mentoring engineers, and working with product managers on application capabilities. Candidates should have at least 7 years of software development experience and 5 years in people management. This position also focuses on implementing microservices architecture and deploying applications in AWS environments. Competitive salary between $239,900 and $273,800, plus performance-based incentives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• At least 7 years of experience in software development.
• At least 5 years of experience in people management.

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.
• Continuously improve software engineering practices.
• Work within Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement solutions.
• Lead craftsmanship, availability, resilience, scalability of solutions.
• Encourage innovation and outside-the-box thinking.
• Lead efforts to deploy applications into AWS environments.
• Break existing monolithic applications into micro‑service architectures.

Skills

node.js

Java

Go

AngularJS

React

Python

REST

JSON

XML

Ruby

Perl

NoSQL databases

relational databases

Spark

Artifactory

Maven

iOS

Android

AWS/Cloud Infrastructure

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree in Computer Science

Master’s Degree in Software Engineering

Job description

A leading financial institution is looking for a Director of Software Engineering in Chicago, IL. The role involves leading multiple teams of software engineers, mentoring engineers, and working with product managers on application capabilities. Candidates should have at least 7 years of software development experience and 5 years in people management. This position also focuses on implementing microservices architecture and deploying applications in AWS environments. Competitive salary between $239,900 and $273,800, plus performance-based incentives.