Director, Risk Tech Software Engineering — Lead & Scale Teams

Capital One National Association; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 269,100 - 307,200; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead multiple teams focused on governance, risk, and compliance technology. You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product managers, and shape the technical roadmap across full-stack, cloud, and data platforms.

The role requires strong leadership, deep software engineering experience, and a track record of delivering scalable solutions in Agile environments, with a focus on risk tech modernization and automation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field
• 7+ years of experience in software engineering
• 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 design, development, testing, and support of technical solutions using full-stack tools
• Oversee reliability, availability, and scalability of solutions
• Promote innovation and collaboration across teams
• Drive migration to microservices and AWS deployments

Skills

Leadership

People management

Mentoring

Agile practices

Full-stack development

Java

Node.js

AWS Cloud

Microservices

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree (CS/Software Eng)

Tools

AWS

REST

Spark

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead multiple teams focused on governance, risk, and compliance technology. You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product managers, and shape the technical roadmap across full-stack, cloud, and data platforms.

The role requires strong leadership, deep software engineering experience, and a track record of delivering scalable solutions in Agile environments, with a focus on risk tech modernization and automation.