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From the employer's careers site First seen 26 Oct 2026

Senior Director Software Engineering

Capital One McLean, VA Remote senior full-time

Salary

$286,200 - $326,700

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Description

As a Senior Director, Full-stack Engineer at Capital One, you will lead high-performing engineering teams working to define the future of banking in the cloud.

You will partner closely with product managers, designers, architects and executive leaders to deliver scalable, customer-centric solutions.

Our Senior Directors are technical people leaders who drive engineering strategy, guide complex architectural decisions, and translate business goals into impactful technology platforms.

You will foster a culture of engineering excellence and inclusivity, balancing technical depth with empowered team leadership.

You will lead the way in building next-generation talent for Capital One Tech,mentoring managers and engineers, driving workforce strategy and actively recruiting top-tier talent.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead, manage and grow multiple teams of product focused software engineers
  • Shape long-term technical strategy and architecture standards for enterprise platforms
  • Partner with senior engineering and business leaders to align product roadmaps with scalable technology capabilities
  • Drive talent strategy, ensuring succession planning, skill development, and equitable opportunity across 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 and develop market-driven application capabilities and customer experiences
  • Continuously improve software engineering practices
  • Work within and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions across a full-stack development tools and technologies
  • Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of your solutions
  • 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
  • Encourage innovation, implementation of cutting-edge technologies, inclusion, outside-of-the-box thinking, teamwork, self-organisation, and diversity
  • Work across the organisation to improve the velocity of your and other teams
  • Lead efforts to deploy new and existing applications into AWS environments

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Engineering)
  • At least 7 years of people management experience
  • At least 9 years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture
  • At least 9 years of experience in enterprise architecture and design patterns
  • At least 9 years of experience in cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
  • At least 9 years of experience in Data architecture

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master's Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering
  • 12+ years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture
  • 12+ years of experience in enterprise architecture and design patterns
  • 12+ years of experience in web technologies (JavaScript, TypeScript and SPA frameworks)
  • 12+ years of experience in designing and building distributed HPC and ML systems
  • 12+ years of experience in cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
  • 12+ years of experience in data architecture
  • 12+ years of professional experience coding in commonly used languages like Go, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Rust, C#, Scala
  • 10+ years of experience with database and database management systems
  • 12+ years of professional experience in the full lifecycle of system development, from conception through architecture, implementation, testing, deployment and production support
  • 10+ years of experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), cloud-based productivity tools, or virtualisation technologies
  • 12+ years of experience with Networking protocols and integration with third party distributed systems
  • 7+ years of experience mentoring senior engineers and driving professional development within technical teams
  • 3+ years of experience leading cross-domain architectural reviews or establishing coding and design standards
  • Expertise in the strategic application of agentic AI coding tools to solve systemic development challenges

Salary:

  • Remote (Regardless of Location): $286,200 - $326,700 for Sr. Director, Full-stack Engineer
  • McLean, VA: $314,800 - $359,300 for Sr. Director, Full-stack Engineer
  • New York, NY: $343,400 - $392,000 for Sr. Director, Full-stack Engineer

Skills

Nice to have

  • Master's Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering
  • Experience in web technologies (JavaScript, TypeScript and SPA frameworks)
  • Experience in designing and building distributed HPC and ML systems
  • Experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)

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