Director, Software Engineering - Card Technology

West Creek 1 (12071), United States of America, Richmond, Virginia

Director, Software Engineering - Card Technology

Capital One's Card Tech Engineering Organization is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead, manage, mentor, and build exceptional software engineering teams to deliver game changing technologies. The Director must have the ability to attract and recruit the industry’s best talent, and simultaneously have the technical chops to ensure that we build compelling, customer-focused solutions in an iterative methodology.

As a candidate for this role, you’re able to seamlessly switch from diving deep into technology with engineers to driving high-level, strategic discussions. You are a naturally curious technologist and stay on top of emerging trends, including prototyping of nascent technologies. You are not afraid to question any existing processes and solutions, yet you display a keen sense of business value proposition and focus on the right priorities.

As the Director of Software Engineering on Capital One’s Card Tech team, you will oversee all aspects of Card Customer Data and develop a Role Management System for our credit card customers. You will manage APIs responsible for high-traffic, sensitive customer data reads and writes. Leveraging serverless technologies and event-driven systems at scale, you will create a robust User Role Management system. This role requires strong leadership, technical expertise, and the ability to coordinate with various stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery.

In this role, you will:

1. Lead, manage and grow multiple teams of product focused software engineers
2. Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of engineers on your team
3. Work with product leaders to define the strategy, roadmap and destination architecture
4. Manage a portfolio of diverse technology platforms and projects to build scalable applications that meet our customer needs
5. Continuously improve software engineering practices
6. Work within and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions across a full-stack of development tools and technologies
7. Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of your solutions
8. 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
9. Encourage innovation, implementation of cutting-edge technologies, inclusion, outside-of-the-box thinking, teamwork, self-organization, and diversity

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
• 10+ years’ of experience in software development
• 5+ years of experience in at least one of the following: Java, Python, Go Lang
• 5+ years’ of experience in Agile practices
• 4+ years of experience with AWS employing Multi-AZ and multi-region practices to solve for resiliency
• 2+ years experience with AWS Fargate, Lambdas and DynamoDb
• 2+ years of experience in building data applications that leverage distributed technologies (Spark, AWS Glue, Flink) to execute workflows

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

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 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.