About the position
Capital One's Card Tech Engineering Organization is seeking a Senior Director of Software Engineering to lead, manage, mentor, and build exceptional software engineering teams to deliver game changing technologies. The Sr. 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 hands-on 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. In the Account Acquisitions domain we are transforming the technology we use to create an engaging customer experience and optimize the Credit Decisioning capabilities that fuel new account growth for Capital One's Card business. The Senior Director in this role will partner across Business, Product & Operations to lead customer back tech strategy for Account Acquisitions and drive solutions with engineering excellence while delivering business value.
Responsibilities
- 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 leaders to define the strategy, roadmap and destination architecture
- Manage a portfolio of diverse technology platforms and projects to build scalable applications that meet our customer needs
- Continuously improve software engineering practices
- Work within and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions across a full-stack of 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
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree
- At least 9 years of experience in software engineering
- At least 7 years of experience in people management
Nice-to-haves
- Master's Degree
- 13+ years of experience in software development
- 8+ years of experience in Agile practices
Benefits
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Financial benefits
- Inclusive set of benefits supporting total well-being
