Director, Software Engineering - Retail Bank Consumer Engineering (Payments)

A leading financial services company providing credit cards, banking, and financial products.
McLean, VA, USA
$263,900 - $301,200
Backend
Principal Software Engineer
In-Person
5,000+ Employees
7+ years of experience
Finance

Description For Director, Software Engineering - Retail Bank Consumer Engineering (Payments)

Capital One is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead their Retail Bank Consumer Engineering (Payments) team. This role combines technical leadership with people management, focusing on building innovative payment and money transfer solutions. The position involves working with cutting-edge technologies including cloud services, microservices architecture, and various programming languages. As a director, you'll lead multiple engineering teams, drive technical strategy, and be responsible for delivering customer-facing payment solutions. The role offers competitive compensation ($263,900 - $301,200) and comprehensive benefits. Located in McLean, VA, this position requires 7+ years of software development experience and 5+ years of people management experience. The ideal candidate will have strong technical expertise across full-stack development, experience with AWS cloud infrastructure, and a proven track record of leading and mentoring engineering teams. This role presents an opportunity to shape the future of digital banking solutions at one of America's leading financial institutions.

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Responsibilities For Director, Software Engineering - Retail Bank Consumer Engineering (Payments)

  • Lead, manage and grow multiple teams of product focused software engineers building payments and money transfer customer experiences
  • Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of engineers
  • Work with product managers to understand desired application capabilities
  • Continuously improve software engineering practices
  • Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of solutions
  • Lead efforts to deploy applications into AWS environments
  • Break existing monolithic applications into micro service architectures

Requirements For Director, Software Engineering - Retail Bank Consumer Engineering (Payments)

Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Node.js
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • At least 7 years' experience in software development
  • At least 5 years' experience in people management
  • Experience with node.js, Java, Spring Boot, AngularJS, Python, REST, JSON, XML, Ruby
  • Knowledge of NoSQL databases, relational databases
  • Experience with AWS/Cloud Infrastructure

Benefits For Director, Software Engineering - Retail Bank Consumer Engineering (Payments)

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401k
Visa Sponsorship
  • Comprehensive health benefits
  • Financial benefits
  • Performance based incentive compensation
  • Cash bonuses
  • Long term incentives (LTI)
  • Visa sponsorship available

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