Director Software Engineering - Global Payments Network

Director Software Engineering – Global Payments Network

As a Capital One 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, and machine‑learning models using the latest Big Data techniques. 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, Spark, Artifactory, Maven, iOS, Android, and AWS/Cloud Infrastructure to name a few.

Team Description

The Global Payments Network Digital Payments Technology team is responsible for providing card tokenization and Digital Wallets support for cardholders. This includes device wallets such as Apple Pay and Google Pay, along with stored‑payment tokens for online merchants and token aggregators. The team builds and manages software to support tokenization and transaction security, enabling innovative payment methods with increased security for cardholders.

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 set of tools and technologies
• Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of your solutions
• 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 7 years’ experience in software development
• At least 5 years’ experience in people management

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science or a Master’s Degree in Software Engineering
• 10+ years of experience in software development
• 5+ years of experience in Agile practices

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

Salary Information

Chicago, IL: $239,900 – $273,800 for Director, Software Engineering

McLean, VA: $263,900 – $301,200 for Director, Software Engineering

Riverwoods, IL: $239,900 – $273,800 for Director, Software Engineering

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.

Equal Opportunity & Accessibility

Capital One is an equal‑opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/veteran). 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.

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