Senior Director, Software Engineering & Cloud Platform

Capital One; Montpelier (VT); On-site; USD 286,000 - 327,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Senior Director of Software Engineering to lead multiple high-performing teams, defining cloud-enabled engineering strategy and architecture. You will collaborate with product managers, designers, and executives to build scalable, customer-centric platforms that transform banking in the cloud.

The role emphasizes mentoring managers, guiding workforce strategy, and actively recruiting top talent while ensuring compliance and operational rigor across enterprise systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related quantitative field.
• 7+ years of people management experience.
• 9+ years of software engineering and solution architecture experience.
• 9+ years of enterprise architecture and design patterns experience.
• 9+ years of cloud computing experience (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• 9+ years of data architecture experience.
• 12+ years in web technologies (JavaScript, TypeScript) and related frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow multiple teams of product-focused software engineers.
• Shape long-term technical strategy and architecture standards for enterprise platforms.
• Partner with senior leaders to align roadmaps with scalable technology capabilities.
• Mentor engineers and guide professional development within teams.
• Deploy new and existing applications into AWS environments and ensure resilience.

Skills

People management

Software engineering

Cloud computing

Data architecture

Enterprise architecture

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Distributed HPC/ML systems

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Senior Director of Software Engineering to lead multiple high-performing teams, defining cloud-enabled engineering strategy and architecture. You will collaborate with product managers, designers, and executives to build scalable, customer-centric platforms that transform banking in the cloud.

The role emphasizes mentoring managers, guiding workforce strategy, and actively recruiting top talent while ensuring compliance and operational rigor across enterprise systems.