Overview
Director, Software Engineering — Capital One
As a Capital One Director of Software Engineering, you'll work on customer-facing web and mobile applications using cutting-edge open source frameworks, highly-available RESTful microservices, back-end Java-based systems, and machine learning models using advanced Big Data techniques. You bring solid experience in databases, API development, and cloud computing. Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Go, Java, Python, Rust, or TypeScript is expected, along with strong collaboration skills to partner with cross-functional teams and product managers.
You will:
Responsibilities
- Lead, manage and grow multiple teams of product-focused advanced software engineers.
- As a Manager of the AI Solutions team, deliver innovative solutions that unify, enrich, and extract insights from various data sources across the enterprise.
- Provide guidance and perform software development work to ensure solutions are properly engineered and maintained to support customer needs.
- Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of engineers on your team.
- Spearhead workstream execution with robust process and project delivery management.
- Collaborate 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 full-stack tools and technologies.
- Lead craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of solutions.
- Stay on top of tech trends, experiment with new technologies, participate in internal and external technology communities, and mentor other engineers.
- Encourage innovation, inclusion, outside-the-box thinking, teamwork, self-organization, and diversity.
- Improve the velocity of your teams and others.
- Lead efforts to deploy new and existing applications into AWS environments and break monoliths into microservice architectures.
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
- 7+ years of experience in directly managing engineering teams
- 4+ years of experience in AI, Data Science, or Machine Learning with hands-on experience in AI/ML workflows
- 2+ years of experience in developing Generative AI models and frameworks (OpenAI family, open source LLMs, Retrieval Augmented Generation - RAG)
- 5+ years of experience in Agile practices
Compensation and Benefits
The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated. Locations and ranges:
- McLean, VA: $263,900 - $301,200
- New York, NY: $287,800 - $328,500
- Richmond, VA: $239,900 - $273,800
This role is also eligible for performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonuses and/or long-term incentives. Capital One offers a comprehensive, inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits. Eligibility varies by status and level. Details available on the Capital One Careers site.
Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position. This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days. No agencies, please. EOE including disability/vet. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a drug-free workplace. Background inquiries will be conducted in compliance with applicable laws.
If you require accommodations during the application process, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1- or via email. All information will be kept confidential and used only to provide needed accommodations.
Capital One Financial is made up of several entities. Positions posted for Canada, the UK, or the Philippines correspond to Capital One Canada, Capital One Europe, and Capital One Philippines Service Corp. respectively.
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