Remote Senior Director: Full-Stack Engineering Leader

Capital One; Phoenix (AZ); Remote; USD 286,000 - 327,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One seeks a Senior Director, Full-stack Engineer to lead multiple engineering teams within the Global Payment Network. You will shape technical strategy, partner with product managers, and deliver scalable, cloud-based platforms.

You will mentor managers and engineers, drive workforce strategy, recruit top talent, and ensure architectural excellence while aligning roadmaps with business goals across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Engineering)
• 9+ years of software engineering and solution architecture experience
• 9+ years of enterprise architecture and design patterns experience
• 9+ years of cloud computing experience (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
• 9+ years of data architecture experience
• Master’s degree preferred for advanced roles
• 12+ years in full lifecycle of system development (conception to production)
• Experience in fintech/payments domain is highly valued

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and grow multiple teams of product-focused software engineers
• Shape long-term technical strategy and architecture standards for enterprise platforms
• Align product roadmaps with scalable technology capabilities with senior leadership
• Mentor engineers and drive professional development across teams
• Drive talent strategy including succession planning and inclusion
• Lead deployment of applications into AWS environments and cloud-native architectures
• Promote innovative, AI-enabled, and modern software development practices
• Improve velocity across teams and cross-domain architectural reviews

Skills

People management

Software engineering

Cloud computing

Data architecture

Enterprise architecture

AI coding tools

FinTech / payments domain

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Java

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript

Job description

Capital One seeks a Senior Director, Full-stack Engineer to lead multiple engineering teams within the Global Payment Network. You will shape technical strategy, partner with product managers, and deliver scalable, cloud-based platforms.

You will mentor managers and engineers, drive workforce strategy, recruit top talent, and ensure architectural excellence while aligning roadmaps with business goals across the enterprise.