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Director, Software Engineering

Chicago, IL, United States of America - $244,700 - $279,200
Full Time
Posted by Capital One
Overview

As a Capital One Director of Software Engineering, you'll work on customer-facing web and mobile applications using cutting-edge open source frameworks, to highly-available RESTful microservices, to Back End Java-based systems and Machine learning models using the hottest techniques in Big Data. You will bring solid experience in technologies such as node.js, Java, GO, AngularJS, React, Python, REST, JSON, XML, Ruby, Perl, NoSQL databases, relational databases, Spark, Artifactory, Maven, iOS, Android, 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 microservice 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 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. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated. This salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations.

  • Chicago, IL: $244,700 - $279,200 for Director, Software Engineering
  • McLean, VA: $269,100 - $307,200 for Director, Software Engineering
  • New York, NY: $293,600 - $335,100 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 will be reflected in the offer letter

This role is also eligible to earn performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonuses and/or long-term incentives. 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. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website.

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 applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries.

If you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1-800-304-9102 or (see below) All information you provide will be kept confidential and used only to provide needed reasonable accommodations.

For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please email (see below)

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 entities. Any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, in the United Kingdom for Capital One Europe, and in the Philippines for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).

Chicago, IL, United States of America
$244,700 - $279,200
Capital One
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