Sr. Director Software Engineering at Capital One

Center 1 (19052), United States of America, McLean, Virginia

Sr. Director Software Engineering

Do you want to work for a tech company that writes its own code, develops its own software, and builds its own products? Do you enjoy solving complex challenges with open source technologies in a fast-paced, collaborative, and creative environment? We experiment and innovate leveraging the latest technologies, engineer breakthrough customer experiences, and bring simplicity and humanity to banking. We make a difference for 65 million customers. At Capital One, you’ll be part of a big group of makers, breakers, doers and disruptors, who love to solve real problems and meet real customer needs. We want you to be curious and ask “what if?”

 

Capital One is seeking a Senior Director of Software Engineering to lead, manage, mentor, and grow an extremely talented software engineering team to build exciting software solutions within the Enterprise. This leader must have the ability to attract and recruit the industry’s best talent, and simultaneously have the technical chops to ensure we invest in the right solutions on behalf of our engineering teams and customers. Success in the role requires an innovative mind, a proven track record of delivering resilient systems, a keen eye towards managing risk, and a passion for tackling complex software problems in a horizontal capacity on behalf of millions of customers. 

 

Background:

• Technologist: Strong engineering and technology background with the ability to learn quickly and go deep into our product and engineering solutions.

• Effective Communication: Excellent listener; proven collaborator with superiors, peers and staff.

• Partnership Attitude: Have the competencies to build very strong partnerships with other technology leaders that enable your team's ability to stay on the leading edge of industry solutions.

• Curious: Hands-on, "roll up your sleeves" collaborative style of working.

• Passionate: Bring energy and enthusiasm to the job and organization.

• Bold: History of taking smart, calculated risks and aggressively leading through change.

• Achiever: Consistently attain/exceed individual and team goals.

• Leadership: the ability to inspire your teammates to deliver quality software solutions

 

You will:

• Lead, manage and grow multiple teams software engineers in building services and tools that automate governance and compliance requirements, and lead improving the developer experience

• Work to modernize our existing tech stacks 

• Collaborate with internal teams to find areas of opportunities for automation and machine learning.

• Partner with architects, product owners, and software engineers to drive the implementation of new applications

• Work within and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions across the line of business and the enterprise

• Lead efforts to build new and modernize existing applications into AWS environments

• Conduct design and code review to ensure compliance with standards

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

• Create proof of concepts and see through projects through production

 

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree

• At least 9 years of experience in software development

• At least 7 years of experience in developing scalable web applications and architectural standards

• At least 7 years of experience in people management

• At least 3 years of experience with cloud technologies

 

Preferred Qualifications:

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

• 3+ years experience with Amazon Web Services

• 3+ years of experience with horizontal platforms or related services and technologies

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

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

New York City (Hybrid On-Site): $321,500 - $366,900 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.

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

No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), race, color, age, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender reassignment, citizenship, immigration status, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under applicable federal, state or local law. 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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