Senior Director, Software Eng - Cloud & AI

Information Technology Senior Management Forum; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 315,000 - 359,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Sr. Director of Software Engineering in McLean, VA. You will lead several teams, mentor engineers, partner with product managers, and drive architecture and workflow improvements across cloud-native, AI-enhanced environments.

This role requires strong leadership, deep software engineering expertise, and a track record of guiding scalable, secure systems. The position emphasizes transforming monoliths to microservices, delivering high-availability services, and fostering

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 9+ years of software engineering experience.
• 7+ years in people management.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple teams of product-focused software engineers.
• Mentor developers on technical and professional growth.
• Collaborate with product managers to define capabilities and tests.
• Improve software engineering practices across Agile teams.
• Design, develop, test, and deploy full-stack solutions in AWS.
• Drive architecture toward microservices and scalable systems.
• Foster innovation and inclusive, high-performing teams.

Skills

People leadership

Agile practices

AI tooling

Cloud-native

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Sr. Director of Software Engineering in McLean, VA. You will lead several teams, mentor engineers, partner with product managers, and drive architecture and workflow improvements across cloud-native, AI-enhanced environments.

This role requires strong leadership, deep software engineering expertise, and a track record of guiding scalable, secure systems. The position emphasizes transforming monoliths to microservices, delivering high-availability services, and fostering