Senior Director, Cloud-Scale Full‑Stack Engineering

Capital One Group; Topeka (KS); Hybrid; USD 286,000 - 327,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Senior Director of Software Engineering to lead multiple product-focused software teams across full-stack development in the cloud. You will align product roadmaps with scalable platforms, mentor senior engineers, and drive talent strategy while maintaining technical health and system resilience.

You’ll collaborate with executives, product managers and designers to implement cutting-edge solutions, emphasizing inclusivity, engineering excellence, and evolving tech

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 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, Azure, GCP).
• At least 9 years of experience in data architecture.

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.
• Lead deployment of applications into AWS environments.
• Ensure engineering practices, availability, resilience and scalability of solutions.

Skills

People management

Software architecture

Cloud computing

AWS

Azure

GCP

Data architecture

Enterprise design

Microservices

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Master's degree in CS or Software Engineering

Tools

Java

TypeScript

Python

Go

C#

Scala

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Senior Director of Software Engineering to lead multiple product-focused software teams across full-stack development in the cloud. You will align product roadmaps with scalable platforms, mentor senior engineers, and drive talent strategy while maintaining technical health and system resilience.

You’ll collaborate with executives, product managers and designers to implement cutting-edge solutions, emphasizing inclusivity, engineering excellence, and evolving tech