Director, Software Engineer

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced engineering leader to drive multiple product-focused software teams. You will mentor engineers, align with product managers, and advance full-stack development using modern microservices and AWS deployments.

The role emphasizes improving engineering processes, ensuring high availability and scalability, and fostering innovation and collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• 7+ years in software development.
• 5+ years in people management.
• Sponsorship for employment authorization may be available.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and grow multiple teams of product-focused software engineers.
• Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of engineers.
• Collaborate with product managers to understand desired applications and testing scenarios.
• Improve software engineering practices and drive full-stack design and implementation.

Skills

Full-Stack Development

Microservice Architecture

Agile Practices

AWS Deployment

People Management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree in Computer Science

Master’s Degree in Software Engineering

Job description

• 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 and testing scenarios
• Continuously improve software engineering practices
• Design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions across full-stack development tools and technologies
• Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of solutions
• Stay current with technology trends, experiment with and learn new technologies, and participate in internal and external technology communities
• Encourage innovation, cutting-edge technology adoption, inclusion, teamwork, self-organization, and diversity
• Improve the velocity of the team and other teams
• Lead deployment of new and existing applications into AWS environments
• Break monolithic applications into microservice architectures and build new microservices

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 7 years’ experience in software development
• At least 5 years’ experience in people management
• Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position
• Preferred: Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering
• Preferred: 10+ years’ experience in software development
• Preferred: 5+ years’ experience in Agile practices

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in leading and managing software engineering teams, with a strong focus on full-stack development, microservice architecture, and Agile practices. Proven ability to mentor engineers, drive innovation, and enhance software engineering processes while ensuring high availability and scalability of solutions.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Full-Stack Development
• Microservice Architecture
• Agile Practices
• AWS Deployment
• People Management

Hard Skills

• Software Development
• Technical Solution Design
• Testing Implementation
• Software Engineering Practices
• Team Velocity Improvement

Soft Skills

• Mentoring
• Teamwork
• Innovation Encouragement
• Diversity Inclusion
• Self-Organization

Certifications & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science
• Master’s Degree in Software Engineering

Industry Keywords

• Product-Focused Engineering
• Technology Trends
• Technical Communities
• Application Capabilities
• Resilience