Director, Software Engineering

North Brunswick, New Jersey
Capital One
11 West 19th Street (22008), United States of America, New York, New York Director, Software Engineering
Director, Software Engineering
Are you excited by the challenge of solving large-scale FinTech problems through innovative engineering and product management? Do you enjoy solving complex challenges with open source technologies in a fast-paced, collaborative, and creative environment? We’re looking for a hands-on engineering leader who thrives on building cutting-edge technology solutions from scratch.

This role provides a considerable opportunity for ingenuity, as this individual will work as a key leader of an exceptionally talented engineering team, to deliver innovation at a massive scale.

We are looking for an independent thinker who makes convincing, evidence-based decisions. The ideal candidate will devise clear roadmaps to innovation and is comfortable thinking strategically and diving deep; a vanguard leader who can identify opportunities and leverage the team to translate them into live solutions, used by millions of customers.

What you will need to bring for this position:

• Experience building and leading a team in the development and rapid delivery of next-generation digital products
• A history of embracing and incubating emerging technology and open source products
• Ability to collaborate with various partners in the tech, startup and academic ecosystems
• The ability to seed and extend innovation into the greater organization to develop key talent, consistent with that of a leading technology company
• Technical Leadership: the ability to choose the right technologies and inspire your teammates to deliver quality software solutions
• Recruit, motivate, mentor, and lead the best application engineering talent
• Great attitude, team player and energy amplifier. Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities and technologies
• Take ideas and concepts, and visualize them in ways such that they are communicated effectively and compellingly for internal leaders, partners and customers
• Understanding of ways to lead a team developing in an Agile environment
• Ability to work independently in a fast paced, unstructured environment
• A robust portfolio of shipped code on GitHub or other open Source contributions and experience with distributed/scalable systems is a plus

Responsibilities:

• Implement MVP solutions that will drive long term technical strategy
• Review, contribute to, and oversee the code and architectural patterns designed by senior-level engineers on your team
• Recruit, retain, and manage a team of high-performing hands-on engineers and team leads
• Collaborate with product managers and other partners to build a product strategy and roadmap
• Provide technical leadership to a dynamic team throughout the software development life cycle
• Collaborate with architects, other teams, product owners, and software engineers to drive the implementation of new applications
• Leverage your strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Conduct design and code review to ensure compliance with standards
• Ensure adherence to continuous improvement practices as required to meet quality / time to market imperatives
• Maintain records to document program development and revisions
• Navigate the organization to proactively resolve obstacles

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 5 years of people management experience
• At least 5 years of experience with RESTful APIs
• At least 3 years of experience with cloud services

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree
• 2+ years’ experience building highly-available API services
• 2+ years’ experience working within AWS
• 2+ years of experience with GoLang
• 2+ years of experience with Cassandra

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