Sr. Dir, Software Engineering - Finance Tech

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

Job summary

Capital One Cambridge seeks a Senior Director of Software Engineering to lead multiple teams delivering customer-facing web/mobile apps, RESTful microservices, and large-scale data systems in a fast-paced, Agile environment.

Responsibilities include mentoring engineers, partnering with product managers, driving best practices, and evolving architectures toward microservices and AWS cloud deployments. Strong tech breadth plus leadership is essential.

Qualifications

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

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.
• Design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions across a full-stack development tools and technologies.
• Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of your solutions.
• Stay current with tech trends, experiment with new technologies, participate in communities, and mentor others.
• Encourage innovation, inclusion, and teamwork, while improving velocity across teams.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Mentoring

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree in Computer Science

Master’s Degree in Software Engineering

Tools

node.js

Java

GO

AngularJS

React

Python

REST

JSON

XML

Ruby

Perl

NoSQL databases

Relational databases

Hadoop

Chef

Maven

iOS

Android

AWS/Cloud Infrastructure

Microservices

Job description

Sr. Dir, Software Engineering - Finance Tech

As a Capital One Senior Director of Software Engineering, you’ll work on everything from customer-facing web and mobile applications using cutting-edge open source frameworks, to highly-available RESTful microservices, to back-end Java based systems using the hottest techniques in Big Data. You’ll bring solid experience in emerging and traditional technologies such as: 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 to name a few.

• 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




• Work within and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions across a full-stack development tools and technologies




• Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of your solutions




• Bring a passion to stay on top of tech trends, experiment with and learn new technologies, participate in internal & external technology communities, and mentor other members of the engineering community




• Encourage innovation, implementation of cutting-edge technologies, inclusion, outside-of-the-box thinking, teamwork, self-organization, and diversity




• Work across to improve the velocity of your and other teams




• Lead efforts to deploy new and existing applications into AWS environments




• Break existing monolithic applications into micro service architectures and build new microservices

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree




• At least 9 years of experience in software engineering




• At least 7 years of experience in people management

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science or a Master’s Degree in Software Engineering




• 13+ years of experience in software engineering




• 8+ years of experience in Agile practices




• Concrete experience leveraging AI to accelerate productivity and automate manual business processes




• Experience building/scaling high-throughput transaction matching engines, event-driven streaming architectures, and financial ledgers/ERP integrations (Workday/PeopleSoft)

C_apital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

Cambridge, MA: $314,800 - $359,300 for Sr. Dir, Software Engineering

McLean, VA: $314,800 - $359,300 for Sr. Dir, Software Engineering

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.

This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.

Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

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