Senior Director, Software Engineering — Lead Scalable, Innovative Tech

Capital One; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 286,000 - 327,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Sr Director of Software Engineering to lead multiple product-focused software teams across web, mobile, and backend platforms. You will mentor engineers, partner with product managers, and drive scalable, resilient systems in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment.

The role emphasizes cutting-edge tech, team growth, and cross-functional collaboration. You will influence architecture, adopt modern practices, and champion cloud-native solutions, including

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 9+ years of software development experience.
• 7+ years of people management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and grow multiple teams of product-focused software engineers.
• Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of engineers on your team.
• Work with product managers to understand desired application capabilities and testing scenarios.
• Continuously improve software engineering practices.
• Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of solutions.
• Lead efforts to deploy new and existing applications into AWS environments.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Agile practices

People management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

AWS

Hadoop

Maven

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Sr Director of Software Engineering to lead multiple product-focused software teams across web, mobile, and backend platforms. You will mentor engineers, partner with product managers, and drive scalable, resilient systems in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment.

The role emphasizes cutting-edge tech, team growth, and cross-functional collaboration. You will influence architecture, adopt modern practices, and champion cloud-native solutions, including