Senior Director, Software Engineering – Finance Tech

Jobtailor; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Massachusetts seeks a senior software engineering leader to guide multiple product-focused teams in delivering scalable, cloud-based solutions. You will shape architecture, promote best practices, and drive high-availability systems across the stack.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product managers to translate requirements into robust technical plans, and advocate for inclusion, innovation, and continuous improvement across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; 9+ years in software engineering.
• At least 7 years leading people and managing multiple teams.
• Experience with Node.js, Java, Go, AngularJS, React, Python, REST, JSON, XML, NoSQL/SQL databases, Hadoop, Chef, Maven, iOS, Android, and AWS/cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and grow multiple teams of product-focused software engineers.
• Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of engineers.
• Work with product managers to understand desired application capabilities and testing scenarios.
• Continuously improve software engineering practices.
• Design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions across full-stack development tools and technologies.
• Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of solutions.
• Stay current with technology trends, experiment with and learn new technologies, and mentor engineering community members.
• Encourage innovation, inclusion, out-of-the-box thinking, teamwork, self-organization, and diversity.
• Improve the velocity of own and other teams.
• Lead deployment of new and existing applications into AWS environments.
• Break monolithic applications into microservice architectures and build new microservices.

Skills

Team Leadership

Mentoring

Cross-functional Collaboration

Innovation

Diversity & Inclusion

Self-Organization

Continuous Improvement

Cloud Infrastructure

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Node.js

Java

Go

AngularJS

React

Python

REST

JSON

XML

NoSQL Databases

Relational Databases

Hadoop

Chef

Maven

iOS

Android

AWS/Cloud Infrastructure

Job description

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 9 years of experience in software engineering
• At least 7 years of experience in people management
• Experience with technologies including Node.js, Java, Go, AngularJS, React, Python, REST, JSON, XML, Ruby, Perl, NoSQL databases, relational databases, Hadoop, Chef, Maven, iOS, Android, and AWS/Cloud Infrastructure
• Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive experience in leading and managing software engineering teams, with a strong focus on full-stack development, microservice architecture, and cloud infrastructure. Proven ability to mentor engineers, drive innovation, and improve software engineering practices while ensuring high availability and scalability of solutions.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Full-Stack Development
• Microservice Architecture
• AWS/Cloud Infrastructure
• Team Leadership
• Software Engineering Practices

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Node.js
• Java
• Go
• AngularJS
• React
• Python
• REST
• JSON
• XML
• NoSQL Databases

Soft Skills

• Mentoring
• Teamwork
• Innovation
• Diversity
• Self-Organization

Certifications & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree

Industry Keywords

• Software Engineering
• Product Management
• Technical Solutions
• Application Development
• Cloud Computing

Tools & Technologies

• Hadoop
• Chef
• Maven
• IOS
• Android

• Lead, manage and grow multiple teams of product-focused software engineers
• Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of engineers
• Work with product managers to understand desired application capabilities and testing scenarios
• Continuously improve software engineering practices
• Design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions across full-stack development tools and technologies
• Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of solutions
• Stay current with technology trends, experiment with and learn new technologies, participate in technology communities, and mentor engineering community members
• Encourage innovation, cutting-edge technology adoption, inclusion, out-of-the-box thinking, teamwork, self-organization, and diversity
• Improve the velocity of own and other teams
• Lead deployment of new and existing applications into AWS environments
• Break monolithic applications into microservice architectures and build new microservices