Senior Director, Software Engineering - Core CI/CD Platforms

Senior Director, Software Engineering - Core CI/CD Platforms

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 emerging and traditional technologies such as: NodeJS, Java, GO, AngularJS, React, Python, REST, JSON, XML, Ruby, Perl, NoSQL databases, relational databases, Hadoop, Chef, Maven, iOS, Android, and AWS/Cloud Infrastructure to name a few.

You will lead our "Simple Best in Class Deployments" (SBiCD) organization. This is one of the two core engineering pillars of One Pipeline (OPL), our mandatory, enterprise-wide developer platform. You will own the mission-critical systems that power CI/CD and code builds for over 15,000 developers.

This is a high-impact "Run and Transform" opportunity. You will own the reliability of our core CI/CD stack (including Jenkins) while simultaneously co-creating and executing the vision for its modernization with technologies like OAM and Harness.

Our customers are the developers sitting right next to us. This creates a unique environment where your strategic decisions have an immediate, tangible impact on the daily lives of thousands of engineers.

What You'll Do

• Strategic Leadership: Partner deeply with Product to co-own the vision and roadmap for Capital One's CI/CD ecosystem. You will own the viability of and delivery against the roadmap, driving the technical strategy that balances velocity with stability.
• Operational Excellence at Scale: Own the availability, latency, and efficiency of mission-critical, distributed systems. You will implement and refine the engineering mechanisms (reviews, RCAs, architectural standards) that ensure high-quality operations and delivery.
• Organizational Transformation: Lead a large, distributed organization of engineering leaders. You will set the standard for engineering culture, helping the team navigate the pivot from legacy tooling to modern, simplified abstractions.
• Enterprise Influence: Act as a trusted partner to VPs and SVPs across the enterprise. You will be the face of software delivery, advocating for "paved paths" that make the right thing the easy thing.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• At least 9 years of experience in software development
• At least 7 years of experience in people management

Preferred Qualifications:

• 13+ years of experience in software development
• 8+ years of experience in Agile practices
• 5+ years of experience managing high availability, mission-critical production systems at scale

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

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 . 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.

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