Senior Director, Full-stack Engineer (Remote-Eligible) - Global Payment Network

Capital One; United States; Remote; USD 286,000 - 327,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Senior Director, Full-stack Engineer (Remote-Eligible) for the Global Payment Network. You will lead, manage and grow multiple teams of product-focused software engineers, shape technical strategy, and partner with executives to align roadmaps with scalable tech capabilities.

You'll mentor engineers, drive agile practices, deploy applications to AWS, and champion AI-enabled tooling to accelerate fintech delivery, with a focus on secure, high-volume payment processing

Job description

Senior Director, Full-stack Engineer (Remote-Eligible) - Global Payment Network

About the Team:

The Global Payment Network (GPN) Technology organization designs, builds, and operates the mission-critical systems and infrastructure that seamlessly power complex money movement across domestic and international rails. We build and operate a high-volume, low-latency, and highly resilient distributed ecosystem that is simultaneously secure, performant, accurate, and nimble. As an engineer in the Global Payment Network, you will apply your technical acumen to shape and deliver solutions to complex problems at massive scale. You will engineer solutions across core network products, simplify global participant integration, and rapidly deliver new features. Leveraging automation and AI-native engineering, you will unlock real-time insights and advance our capabilities in domains ranging from high-throughput transaction processing to advanced fraud and risk mitigation.

What You’ll Do:

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

Work within and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions across a full-stack development tools and technologies

Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of your solutions

Bring a passion to stay on top of tech trends, experiment with and learn new technologies, participate in internal & external technology communities, and mentor other members of the engineering community

Encourage innovation, implementation of cutting-edge technologies, inclusion, outside-of-the-box thinking, teamwork, self-organization, and diversity

Work across the organization to improve the velocity of your and other teams

Lead efforts to deploy new and existing applications into AWS environments

Capital One is open to hiring a Remote Employee for this opportunity.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Engineering)
• 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

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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 commonly used languages like 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, from conception through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment and production support
• 10+ years of experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), cloud-based productivity tools, or virtualization technologies
• 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 within technical teams
• 3+ years of experience leading cross-domain architectural reviews or establishing coding and design standards
• Expertise in the strategic application of agentic AI coding tools to solve systemic development challenges
• Demonstrated experience as an active technical practitioner using AI-driven tools, frameworks, or modern software development practices
• Experience working within the fintech industry, specifically in payment processing, merchant services, or digital payment architectures
• Demonstrated ability to build and ship enterprise software iteratively, enterprise-scale data migrations and platform transformations in FinTech or large-scale enterprise organizations
• Experience architecting, testing, and operating real-time, distributed data systems and high-volume pipelines
• Strong ownership mindset with a destination-backwards approach to navigating ambiguity
• Strategic thought partner and effective challenger across Product, Design, Risk, and Enterprise Tech leadership
• Demonstrated experience being an engineering culture builder and mentor dedicated to attracting, developing, and elevating top-tier talent

Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

• Remote (Regardless of Location): $286,200 - $326,700 for Sr. Director, Full-stack Engineer
• McLean, VA: $314,800 - $359,300 for Sr. Director, Full-stack Engineer
• Plano, TX: $286,200 - $326,700 for Sr. Director, Full-stack Engineer
• Richmond, VA: $286,200 - $326,700 for Sr. Director, Full-stack Engineer
• Riverwoods, IL: $286,200 - $326,700 for Sr. Director, Full-stack Engineer

This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being.

Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.

Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace.

Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1-800-304-9102 or via email at [e-mail]. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.

For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email to [e-mail]

At Capital One, we’re building a leading information-based technology company. Still founder-led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Fairbank, Capital One is on a mission to help our customers succeed by bringing ingenuity, simplicity, and humanity to banking. We measure our efforts by the success our customers enjoy and the advocacy they exhibit.