Senior Director, Ad Tech Engineering — Remote

Capital One Group; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 286,000 - 327,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One Shopping Tech is seeking a Senior Director of Ad Tech Engineering (Remote - Eligible). You will lead multiple product-focused software engineering teams, shaping long-term technical strategy and architecture standards for enterprise platforms, and partnering with product managers to align roadmaps with scalable capabilities.

You will drive talent strategy, mentoring engineers and managers, and work across Agile teams to deliver market-driven, cloud-native solutions on AWS.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
• At least 7 years of people management experience.
• At least 9 years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture.
• At least 9 years of experience in enterprise architecture and design patterns.
• At least 9 years of experience in cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud).
• At least 9 years of experience in Data architecture.
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering.
• 12+ years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture.
• 12+ years of experience in enterprise architecture and design patterns.
• 12+ years of experience in web technologies (JavaScript, TypeScript and SPA frameworks).
• 12+ years of experience in designing and building distributed HPC and ML systems.
• 12+ years of experience in cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud).
• 12+ years of experience in data architecture.
• 12+ years of professional experience coding in Go, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Rust, C#, Scala.
• 10+ years of experience with database and database management systems.
• 12+ years of professional experience in the full lifecycle of system development.
• 7+ years of experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• 12+ years of experience with Networking protocols and integration with third party distributed systems.
• 7+ years of experience mentoring senior engineers and driving professional development.
• 3+ years of experience leading cross-domain architectural reviews.
• Expertise in the strategic application of agentic AI coding tools.

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 product roadmaps with scalable technology capabilities.
• Drive talent strategy, ensuring succession planning, skill development, and equitable opportunity across engineering teams.
• 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 and develop market‑driven application capabilities and customer experiences.
• Continuously improve software engineering practices.
• Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of your solutions.
• Bring a passion to stay on top of tech trends and mentor other members of the engineering community.
• Work across the organization to improve the velocity of your and other teams.
• Lead efforts to deploy new and existing applications into AWS environments.

Skills

People management

Software engineering

Solution architecture

Cloud computing

Data architecture

Leadership

JavaScript/TypeScript

Go / Java / Python

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

Capital One Shopping Tech is seeking a Senior Director of Ad Tech Engineering (Remote - Eligible). You will lead multiple product-focused software engineering teams, shaping long-term technical strategy and architecture standards for enterprise platforms, and partnering with product managers to align roadmaps with scalable capabilities.

You will drive talent strategy, mentoring engineers and managers, and work across Agile teams to deliver market-driven, cloud-native solutions on AWS.