Sr Director, Software Engineering

Capital One • Nashville, TN • 1h ago

As a Capital One Senior Director of Software Engineering, you'll work on everything from customer-facing web and mobile applications using cutting-edge open source frameworks, to highly-available RESTful microservices, to back-end Java based systems using the hottest techniques in Big Data. You'll bring solid experience in modern, cloud-native technologies such as: Java, GO, node.js, React, NoSQL databases, AI Agents, and AWS/Cloud Infrastructure. We value polyglot leaders capable of navigating a diverse and evolving stack, including traditional systems.

Financial Core Tech is the engine behind Capital One's financial integrity. We build and scale the mission-critical enterprise platforms that record every customer transaction with 100% precision. As part of the Prometheus Financial Core (PFC) team, you will empower our lines of business to innovate at speed-building the infrastructure that allows us to launch next-generation financial products safely and seamlessly for millions of customers.

Areas of Focus:

Leadership & People

Lead, manage, and grow multiple teams of product focused software engineers

Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of engineers on your team

Encourage innovation, implementation of cutting-edge technologies, inclusion, outside-of-the-box thinking, teamwork, self-organization, and diversity

Technical Strategy & Architecture

Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of your solutions

Break existing monolithic applications into microservice architectures and build new microservices

Lead efforts to deploy new and existing applications into AWS environments

Process & Improvement

Continuously improve software engineering practices, leading the transformation to AI-native development practices

Work to improve the velocity of your and other teams

Work with product managers to understand desired application capabilities and testing scenarios

Work within and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions across a full-stack development tools and technologies

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree

At least 9 years' experience in software development

At least 7 years' experience in people management

Preferred Qualifications:

Master's Degree in Computer Science or a Master's Degree in Software Engineering

13+ years' of experience in software development

8+ years' of experience in Agile practices

1+ years of experience leveraging AI-assisted coding tools (Claude Code, Github Copilot) to accelerate software delivery

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: $314,800 - $359,300 for Sr. Dir, Software Engineering

Plano, TX: $286,200 - $326,700 for Sr. Dir, Software Engineering

Richmond, VA: $286,200 - $326,700 for Sr. Dir, 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 (https://www.capitalonecareers.com/benefits) . 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 RecruitingAccommodation@capitalone.com . 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 Careers@capitalone.com

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).

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