Director, Software Engineering

314 Main Street (21020), United States of America, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Director, Software Engineering

Capital One is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to work on Risk Technology within the Enterprise Data and Machine Learning (EDML) organization. Specifically this person will lead efforts related to how we reimagine our Risk process, modernizing the GRC platform as we turn risk management into a competitive advantage. This is a role that will very much focus on working with a cloud based engineering team while we create and leverage a new data eco system.

This leader must also 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 oriented solutions in an iterative methodology. Success in the role requires an innovative mind, a proven track record of delivering next generation software and data products, rigorous analytical skills, and a passion for creating market-leading software that integrates automation, machine learning, and predictive analytics.

Our Directors Are:

• Technologists: Strong engineering and technology background with the ability to learn quickly and go deep into our product and engineering solutions - will have a DevOps mindset
• Effective Communicators: Excellent listener; proven collaborator with senior leaders, peers and staff
• Partnership Attitude: Have the competencies to build very strong partnerships with other technology leaders that enable your team's ability to stay on the leading edge of industry solutions
• Curious: Hands-on, "roll up your sleeves" collaborative style of working
• Passionate: Bring energy and enthusiasm to the job and organization
• Bold: History of taking smart, calculated risks and aggressively leading through change
• Achievers: Consistently attain/exceed individual and team goals

You will:

• Lead, manage, and grow multiple teams of product focused software & data engineers
• Embrace and incubate emerging technology and open source products across all platforms
• Work to modernize our existing tech stacks and data platforms
• Bring automation to previously manual processes
• Collaborate with internal teams to find areas of opportunities for improvement
• Partner with architects, product owners, data professionals, and software & data engineers to drive the implementation of new applications
• Work within and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions across full-stack development tools and technologies.
• Conduct design and code review to ensure compliance with standards

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 7 years of experience in software engineering
• At least 5 years of experience managing software engineering teams
• At least 2 years of Cloud experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree
• 10 years of experience in software engineering
• 7 years of experience managing software engineering teams
• 4 years of experience with AWS
• 3 years of experience with DevOps
• 3 years of experience with Microservices
• 2 years of cloud architecture experience

Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

No agencies please. Capital One is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, physical and mental disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/assignment, citizenship, pregnancy or maternity, protected veteran status, or any other status prohibited by applicable national, federal, state or local law. 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.

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