Senior Director of Cloud-Driven Software Engineering

Capital One; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 286,000 - 327,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One seeks a Senior Director of Software Engineering to lead multiple product-focused engineering teams, shape long-term technical strategy, and align roadmaps with scalable technology across enterprise platforms.

You will mentor engineers, drive AI tooling adoption, and ensure delivery of customer-centric solutions while maintaining security, privacy, and resiliency standards across cloud environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS or a quantitative field; advanced degree preferred.
• 7+ years of people management and 9+ years in software engineering/arch.
• Experience with cloud platforms and modern engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple product-focused software engineering teams.
• Define long-term technical strategy and architecture standards.
• Align roadmaps with scalable technology capabilities and stakeholders.
• Mentor engineers and develop their professional growth.
• Drive AWS/Azure/GCP adoption and efficient deployment in AWS environments.

Skills

People management

Cloud strategy

Distributed systems

Full-stack development

AI tooling

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

JavaScript/TypeScript

Go/Java

Job description

Capital One seeks a Senior Director of Software Engineering to lead multiple product-focused engineering teams, shape long-term technical strategy, and align roadmaps with scalable technology across enterprise platforms.

You will mentor engineers, drive AI tooling adoption, and ensure delivery of customer-centric solutions while maintaining security, privacy, and resiliency standards across cloud environments.