Director, Software Engineer (Global Payment Network)

Information Technology Senior Management Forum; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 269,000 - 307,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cash bonus eligibility

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Director, Software Engineer for the Global Payment Network in McLean, VA. You will lead multiple teams of engineers, shaping architecture and delivering high-availability, low-latency services across domestic and international rails.

The role emphasizes cloud-native practices, AI tooling, and cross-team collaboration to accelerate development and innovation. You will mentor engineers, partner with product managers, and drive best practices in Agile environments while

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum 7 years of software engineering experience.
• Minimum 5 years 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.
• Collaborate with product managers to understand desired application capabilities and testing scenarios.
• Continuously improve software engineering practices and processes.
• Design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions using full-stack tools and technologies.
• Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of solutions.
• Stay current with tech trends, experiment with new technologies, mentor others in the engineering community.
• Promote innovation, inclusion, teamwork, and autonomy across teams.
• Coordinate cross-team efforts to boost velocity and delivery.
• Oversee deployment of applications into AWS environments and transition to microservices.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

AWS

Job description

Director, Software Engineer (Global Payment Network)

s a Capital One Director of Software Engineering, you'll work on everything from customer-facing web and mobile applications using cutting-edge open source frameworks, to highly-available RESTful microservices, to back-end Java based systems and machine learning models using the hottest techniques in Big Data. You'll bring solid experience in emerging and traditional technologies such as: node.js, Java, GO, AngularJS, React, Python, REST, JSON, XML, Ruby, Perl, NoSQL databases, relational databases, Spark, Artifactory, Maven, iOS, Android, and AWS/Cloud Infrastructure to name a few.

The Global Payment Network (GPN) Technology organization designs, builds, and operates the mission-critical systems and infrastructure that seamlessly power complex money movement across domestic and international rails. We build and operate a high-volume, low-latency, and highly resilient distributed ecosystem that is simultaneously secure, performant, accurate, and nimble.

This team operates with a startup mindset backed by enterprise scale. We are 100% cloud-native, deeply committed to engineering excellence, and aggressive in adopting cutting-edge AI tooling (including Claude Code, Windsurf, and custom AI agents) to dramatically accelerate our development lifecycle. You’ll be leading Senior Lead Engineers that are building the resilient, ultra-low-latency backbone of future global commerce.

You will:

• 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
• Work within and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions using full-stack development tools and technologies
• Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of your solutions
• Bring a passion for staying on top of tech trends, experiment with and learn new technologies, participate in internal and external technology communities, and mentor other members of the engineering community
• Encourage innovation, the implementation of cutting-edge technologies, inclusion, outside-the-box thinking, teamwork, self-organization, and diversity
• Work across teams to improve the velocity of your own and other teams
• Lead efforts to deploy new and existing applications into AWS environments
• Break down existing monolithic applications into microservice architectures and build new microservices

Basic Qualifications:

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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Master’s Degree in Software Engineering
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering
• 5+ years of experience in Agile practices
• Experience leveraging interactive AI tooling to accelerate productivity, utilizing capabilities beyond basic code completion

Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

Houston, TX: $244,700 - $279,200 for Director, Software EngineeringMcLean, VA: $269,100 - $307,200 for Director, Software EngineeringPlano, TX: $244,700 - $279,200 for Director, Software EngineeringRiverwoods, IL: $244,700 - $279,200 for Director, Software Engineering

This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at theCapital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

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