Director of Software Engineering, Network Automation

Capital One; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 245,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead multiple teams in building customer-facing web and mobile apps, RESTful microservices, and data-driven back-end systems. You will drive automation, AI integration, and modern engineering practices across the network platform development stack.

The role emphasizes scaling teams, designing proactive architectures, and applying IaC principles while fostering innovation, inclusion, and continuous learning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• 7+ years of experience in software development.
• 7+ years of experience in network engineering and architecture.
• 7+ years of experience in advanced networking concepts in routing, switching and wi‑fi.
• 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 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.
• Lead efforts to deploy new and existing applications into AWS environments.
• Break existing monolithic applications into micro service architectures and build new microservices.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Software development

Network engineering

Advanced networking

Agile practices

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master’s Degree in CS or Software Engineering

Tools

AWS/Cloud Infrastructure

node.js

Java

GO

AngularJS

React

Python

Maven

Artifactory

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead multiple teams in building customer-facing web and mobile apps, RESTful microservices, and data-driven back-end systems. You will drive automation, AI integration, and modern engineering practices across the network platform development stack.

The role emphasizes scaling teams, designing proactive architectures, and applying IaC principles while fostering innovation, inclusion, and continuous learning.