Head of Global Payments Software Engineering

Capital One; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 245,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Director of Software Engineering in Plano, TX to lead multiple product-focused engineering teams building customer-facing web and mobile apps, RESTful services, and data-driven backends on AWS.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product managers, and drive engineering excellence, microservices, and cloud-native practices while fostering innovation and inclusion across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 7+ years in software engineering; 5+ years in people management.
• Experience leading multiple teams and cloud-native architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow multiple teams of software engineers.
• Mentor engineers in professional and technical development.
• Collaborate with product managers to understand capabilities and testing scenarios.
• Improve software engineering practices.
• Lead design and deployment of AWS-based microservices.
• Drive monolith to microservices migration.
• Promote innovation and inclusion across teams.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Mentoring

Agile methodologies

AWS

Microservices

Full-stack

Java

Node.js

Go

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Maven

Artifactory

Spark

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Director of Software Engineering in Plano, TX to lead multiple product-focused engineering teams building customer-facing web and mobile apps, RESTful services, and data-driven backends on AWS.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product managers, and drive engineering excellence, microservices, and cloud-native practices while fostering innovation and inclusion across teams.