Remote Senior Director, Software Engineering & Cloud

Capital One; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 315,000 - 359,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Senior Director of Software Engineering to lead multiple high-performing teams and set technical strategy for cloud-first banking platforms. You will partner with product, design, and executive leaders to drive scalable customer-focused solutions.

The role emphasizes people leadership, architecture governance, and delivery velocity, with a focus on AI-enabled tooling and compliant, resilient systems across AWS environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related quantitative field.
• At least 7 years of people management experience.
• At least 9 years of software engineering and solution architecture experience.
• At least 9 years of enterprise architecture and design patterns experience.
• At least 9 years of cloud computing experience (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• At least 9 years of data architecture experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and grow multiple teams of product-focused software engineers.
• Shape long-term technical strategy and architecture standards for enterprise platforms.
• Partner with senior engineering and business leaders to align roadmaps with scalable tech capabilities.
• Drive talent strategy, ensuring succession planning and equitable opportunity.
• Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of engineers on your team.
• Lead deployment of applications into AWS environments and ensure resilience.

Skills

People management

Software engineering

Cloud computing

AWS

Azure

GCP

Enterprise architecture

Solution architecture

Architectural reviews

Agentic AI tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in CS/related field

Master’s degree in CS or Software Eng

Tools

AWS Console

Azure

GCP

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Senior Director of Software Engineering to lead multiple high-performing teams and set technical strategy for cloud-first banking platforms. You will partner with product, design, and executive leaders to drive scalable customer-focused solutions.

The role emphasizes people leadership, architecture governance, and delivery velocity, with a focus on AI-enabled tooling and compliant, resilient systems across AWS environments.