Director, Software Engineer (McLean)

Director, Software Engineer

As a Capital One Director of Software Engineering, you will work on everything from customer-facing web and mobile applications using cutting‑edge open source frameworks to highly‑available RESTful microservices, back‑end Java‑based systems, and machine learning models using the latest Big Data techniques. You 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and grow multiple product‑focused software engineering teams.
• 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 and 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 teams to improve velocity.
• 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 of experience in software development.
• At least 5 years of experience in people management.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science or 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.

Salaries by Location

• McLean, VA: $269,100 - $307,200
• New York, NY: $293,600 - $335,100
• Richmond, VA: $244,700 - $279,200

Benefits

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well‑being.

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 qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries.

If you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at View phone number on apply.placed-app.com or via email at View email address on apply.placed-app.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.