Senior Director, Software Engineering - Lead Scale & Innovation

Capital One; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 315,000 - 359,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One seeks a Senior Director of Software Engineering to lead multiple product-focused software teams. You will mentor engineers, partner with Product Managers, and drive full-stack development across a range of technologies and architectures.

The role emphasizes craftsmanship, scalability, and innovation in cloud and microservices. Preferred candidates have extensive experience, including AI-driven productivity boosts and ERP integrations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Minimum 9 years in software engineering.
• Minimum 7 years in people management.
• Master’s Degree preferred (CS or Software Engineering).
• 13+ years of software engineering experience.
• 8+ years in Agile practices.
• Concrete AI experience to accelerate productivity and automate processes.
• Experience building/scaling high-throughput engines and ERP integrations.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and grow multiple software engineering teams.
• Mentor the professional and technical development of engineers.
• Collaborate with product managers on capabilities and testing.
• Improve software engineering practices across teams.
• Design, develop, test, implement and support full-stack solutions.
• Lead craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability.
• Stay current with tech trends and mentor others in the community.
• Promote innovation, inclusion, teamwork, and self-organization.
• Drive faster velocity and deployment of applications in AWS.
• Break monoliths into microservices and build new services.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Agile methodologies

Full-stack development

Cloud/AWS

Microservices

REST

Java

Node.js

Python

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree in CS or Software Engineering

Tools

node.js

Java

GO

AngularJS

React

Python

REST

JSON

XML

Ruby

Perl

Hadoop

Chef

Maven

iOS

Android

AWS/Cloud Infrastructure

Job description

Capital One seeks a Senior Director of Software Engineering to lead multiple product-focused software teams. You will mentor engineers, partner with Product Managers, and drive full-stack development across a range of technologies and architectures.

The role emphasizes craftsmanship, scalability, and innovation in cloud and microservices. Preferred candidates have extensive experience, including AI-driven productivity boosts and ERP integrations.