Director of Software Engineering: Lead Cloud Microservices

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

Job summary

Capital One in McLean, VA seeks a Director of Software Engineering to lead and grow multiple product-focused engineering teams, setting the technical vision and driving the most complex transformations for banking platforms.

You will mentor engineers, partner with product managers to define capabilities, improve software practices, and guide migration to microservices on AWS while championing innovation and diversity across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 7+ years in software development.
• 5+ years in people management.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and grow multiple teams of product focused software engineers.
• Mentor and guide the development of engineers on your team.
• Work with product managers to understand desired capabilities and testing scenarios.
• Continuously improve software engineering practices.
• Lead end-to-end design, development, testing, and deployment across full-stack tools and technologies.
• Drive adoption of microservice architectures and AWS deployments.

Skills

People management

Software development

Leadership

Agile practices

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

AWS

RESTful services

Spark

Maven

React/AngularJS

Job description

Capital One in McLean, VA seeks a Director of Software Engineering to lead and grow multiple product-focused engineering teams, setting the technical vision and driving the most complex transformations for banking platforms.

You will mentor engineers, partner with product managers to define capabilities, improve software practices, and guide migration to microservices on AWS while championing innovation and diversity across teams.