Sr Director, Software Engineering - Shopping

Capital One; McLean (VA); 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 engineering teams. You will mentor staff, partner with product managers, and drive full-stack solutions across Agile teams. The role emphasizes scalability, innovation, and cloud-based deployments in an inclusive environment.

The position requires deep Java/node.js/go experience and a track record of building resilient architectures, with strong leadership and strategic vision.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a 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 engineers on professional and technical development.
• Collaborate with product managers to understand capabilities and testing scenarios.
• Continuously improve software engineering practices.
• Work across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement and support full-stack solutions.
• Lead craftsmanship, availability, resilience and scalability of solutions.
• Stay on top of tech trends, experiment with new technologies and mentor others.
• Encourage innovation, inclusion, teamwork and self-organization.
• Improve velocity across teams and deployment of apps to AWS.
• Break monolithic applications into microservices and build new microservices.

Skills

Java

Node.js

Go

AngularJS

React

Python

REST

JSON

XML

Ruby

Perl

NoSQL

Relational databases

Hadoop

Chef

Maven

iOS

Android

AWS/Cloud

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree in CS or Software Engineering

Job description

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.

You will:

• 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’ experience in software development
• At least 7 years’ 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 development
• 8+ years’ of experience in Agile practices

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

Remote (Regardless of Location): $286,200 - $326,700 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.

No agencies please. 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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