Sr Director, Software Engineering
Capital OneAbout the role
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 modern, cloud-native technologies such as: Java, GO, node.js, React, NoSQL databases, AI Agents, and AWS/Cloud Infrastructure. We value polyglot leaders capable of navigating a diverse and evolving stack, including traditional systems.
Financial Core Tech is the engine behind Capital One’s financial integrity. We build and scale the mission-critical enterprise platforms that record every customer transaction with 100% precision. As part of the Prometheus Financial Core (PFC) team, you will empower our lines of business to innovate at speed—building the infrastructure that allows us to launch next-generation financial products safely and seamlessly for millions of customers.
Areas of Focus:
Leadership & People
Lead, manage, and grow multiple teams of product focused software engineers
Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of engineers on your team
Encourage innovation, implementation of cutting-edge technologies, inclusion, outside-of-the-box thinking, teamwork, self-organization, and diversity
Technical Strategy & Architecture
Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of your solutions
Break existing monolithic applications into microservice architectures and build new microservices
Lead efforts to deploy new and existing applications into AWS environments
Process & Improvement
Continuously improve software engineering practices, leading the transformation to AI-native development practices
Work to improve the velocity of your and other teams
Work with product managers to understand desired application capabilities and testing scenarios
Work within and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions across a full-stack development tools and technologies
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
1+ years of experience leveraging AI-assisted coding tools (Claude Code, Github Copilot) to accelerate software delivery
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.
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 vari
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