Senior Director, Full-Stack Engineer (Developer Experience)

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

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Senior Director, Full-stack Engineer to steer multiple engineering teams, set long-term tech strategy, and drive scalable cloud platforms. You’ll mentor leaders, align product roadmaps with architectural standards, and champion inclusive engineering excellence across the organization.

You will partner with product, design and executive teams to deliver customer-centric solutions and ensure resilient, high-velocity software delivery in AWS environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.
• 7+ years of people management experience.
• 9+ years in software engineering, solution architecture and cloud.
• Experience with enterprise architecture and design patterns.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and grow multiple product-focused software teams.
• Shape long-term technical strategy and architecture standards.
• Partner with senior leaders to align roadmaps with scalable tech.
• Drive talent strategy, succession planning and skill development.
• Mentor engineers on technical and professional growth.
• Collaborate with product managers on capabilities and UX.
• Improve software engineering practices across Agile teams.
• Lead deployment of applications into AWS environments.

Skills

People management

Cloud architecture

Full-stack engineering

Technical leadership

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s Degree preferred

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

REST/GraphQL

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Senior Director, Full-stack Engineer to steer multiple engineering teams, set long-term tech strategy, and drive scalable cloud platforms. You’ll mentor leaders, align product roadmaps with architectural standards, and champion inclusive engineering excellence across the organization.

You will partner with product, design and executive teams to deliver customer-centric solutions and ensure resilient, high-velocity software delivery in AWS environments.