Senior Director - Cloud-Scale Full-Stack Engineering

Capital One; Lincoln (NE); Remote; USD 286,000 - 327,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Senior Director, Full-stack Engineer to lead multiple product-focused software teams in the Global Payment Network. This remote-eligible role emphasizes technical vision, scalable cloud platforms, and strong collaboration with product managers, designers, and executives to deliver high-impact payment solutions.

You will mentor engineers, drive architecture standards, and align roadmaps with business goals while advancing security, resilience, and performance in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Master’s degree in CS or Software Engineering is preferred.
• Minimum 9 years of software engineering, architecture and cloud experience.
• Strong background in data architecture and distributed systems.
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple teams of product-focused software engineers.
• Shape long-term technical strategy and architecture standards for enterprise platforms.
• Partner with senior leaders to align roadmaps with scalable technology capabilities.
• Mentor engineers and guide professional growth within teams.
• Develop market-driven application capabilities and customer experiences with product managers.
• Lead efforts to deploy applications into AWS environments and cloud platforms.
• Continuously improve software engineering practices and delivery velocity.

Skills

People management

Software engineering

Solution architecture

Cloud computing

Data architecture

Distributed systems

Java/Go/JS/TS

Payment/FinTech domain

Leadership

AI coding tools

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s Degree in CS or Software Engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kubernetes

Docker

Java

JavaScript

TypeScript

Python

Go

SQL

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Senior Director, Full-stack Engineer to lead multiple product-focused software teams in the Global Payment Network. This remote-eligible role emphasizes technical vision, scalable cloud platforms, and strong collaboration with product managers, designers, and executives to deliver high-impact payment solutions.

You will mentor engineers, drive architecture standards, and align roadmaps with business goals while advancing security, resilience, and performance in a