Director, Software Engineering (Card Tech)

Capital One
McLean, VA

Overview

Director, Software Engineering (Card Tech)

As a Capital One Director of Software Engineering, you'll be a technical leader focused on building the future of our enterprise systems. You'll drive the design, development, and implementation of solutions across the technology stack, from customer-facing web applications using cutting-edge open-source frameworks (like AngularJS, React, Vue.js) to highly-available RESTful microservices and robust back-end systems. A key part of your role will involve leveraging Machine Learning models and the hottest techniques in GenAI to power applications, such as fully automated, agentic flows for document based customer servicing. You'll lead teams in building scalable, production-ready applications and systems, guiding architectural decisions, and ensuring high availability and performance. You should have solid experience in emerging and traditional technologies, including Python, Java, GO, node.js, REST, JSON, NoSQL databases (like DynamoDB), relational databases (like Postgres), vector stores (like Milvus), Spark, and AWS/Cloud Infrastructure.

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 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-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.

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

McLean, VA: $269,100 - $307,200 for Director, Software Engineering

Plano, TX: $244,700 - $279,200 for Director, Software Engineering

Richmond, VA: $244,700 - $279,200 for Director, Software Engineering

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.

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.

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 (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 for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1-800-304-9102 or via email at [email protected] . All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.

For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email to [email protected]

Capital One does not provide, endorse nor guarantee and is not liable for third-party products, services, educational tools or other information available through this site.

Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).

Posted 2026-01-30

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