Head of Risk Tech Software Engineering

Hobbsnews; 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 risk-focused engineering teams. You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product managers, and drive end-to-end delivery across web, mobile, RESTful services, and data-driven platforms.

The role emphasizes modernizing risk management tech, cloud deployment (AWS), microservices, and continuous improvement of engineering practices within an agile environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering or related field.
• Minimum 7 years of software engineering experience.
• At least 5 years of people management experience.

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.
• 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.
• Drive innovation and mentor others in the engineering community.
• Collaborate across teams to accelerate delivery and adopt microservice architectures.

Skills

node.js

Java

GO

AngularJS

React

Python

REST

JSON

XML

Ruby

Perl

NoSQL databases

relational databases

Spark

Artifactory

Maven

iOS

Android

AWS/Cloud Infrastructure

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

Artifactory

Maven

AWS

Spark

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead multiple risk-focused engineering teams. You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product managers, and drive end-to-end delivery across web, mobile, RESTful services, and data-driven platforms.

The role emphasizes modernizing risk management tech, cloud deployment (AWS), microservices, and continuous improvement of engineering practices within an agile environment.