Senior Director, Software Engineering — Cloud Banking Leader

Capital One; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 343,000 - 392,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Senior Director of Software Engineering in New York, NY. You will lead multiple high‑performing engineering teams, shape enterprise platform strategy, and partner with product managers and executives to translate business goals into scalable technology platforms.

You will mentor managers and engineers, drive workforce strategy, and recruit top talent while guiding architectural decisions across AWS, data architecture, and AI-enabled solutions.

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 software engineering and solution architecture experience.
• At least 9 years of enterprise architecture and design patterns experience.
• At least 9 years of cloud computing experience (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• At least 9 years of data architecture experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple teams of product-focused software engineers.
• Shape long-term technical strategy and architecture standards for enterprise platforms.
• Align product roadmaps with scalable technology capabilities with senior leaders.
• Mentor and develop engineers and drive professional growth across teams.
• Deploy applications to AWS environments and ensure system resilience and availability.

Skills

People management

Technical leadership

Cloud platforms

Software architecture

Agentic AI

Mentoring

Cross-domain coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Master’s degree in CS or Software Engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

JavaScript/TypeScript

Go

Java

Python

Rust

C#

Scala

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Senior Director of Software Engineering in New York, NY. You will lead multiple high‑performing engineering teams, shape enterprise platform strategy, and partner with product managers and executives to translate business goals into scalable technology platforms.

You will mentor managers and engineers, drive workforce strategy, and recruit top talent while guiding architectural decisions across AWS, data architecture, and AI-enabled solutions.