Senior Software Engineering Director: Cloud & Microservices

Capital One; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 269,000 - 307,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Director of Software Engineering in McLean, VA to lead multiple product-focused software teams and drive cloud-enabled, scalable architectures across web, mobile, and back-end systems. The role requires strong leadership, hands-on engineering oversight, and cross-functional collaboration with product managers.

Ideal candidates will have 7+ years in software development, 5+ years in people management, and a track record of delivering high-availability microservices in AWS

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field.
• At least 7 years of software development experience.
• At least 5 years of people management experience.
• Master’s Degree in CS or Software Engineering is preferred.
• Experience with AWS Cloud infrastructure is preferred.

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.
• Collaborate with product managers to understand capabilities and testing scenarios.
• Improve software engineering practices across teams.
• Design, develop, test, and support full-stack solutions in agile environments.
• Lead deployment of applications to AWS and transition monoliths to microservices.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Agile practices

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree in CS or Software Eng

Tools

AWS Cloud

Java

Node.js

Go

React

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Director of Software Engineering in McLean, VA to lead multiple product-focused software teams and drive cloud-enabled, scalable architectures across web, mobile, and back-end systems. The role requires strong leadership, hands-on engineering oversight, and cross-functional collaboration with product managers.

Ideal candidates will have 7+ years in software development, 5+ years in people management, and a track record of delivering high-availability microservices in AWS