<span>Director, Software Engineering - Digital Commerce & Innovation</span>
$274,800 - $313,600/Yr
Capital One - Chicago, IL
posted 18 days ago
Full-time - Senior
Chicago, IL
10,001+ employees
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities
About the position
The Director of Software Engineering for Digital Commerce & Innovation at Capital One will lead and manage software engineering teams focused on building customer-centric solutions powered by AI. This role requires a blend of technical expertise and strategic vision to drive innovation and enhance customer interactions through technology. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in engineering, a passion for consumer technology, and the ability to mentor and develop their team while managing a diverse portfolio of technology platforms.
Responsibilities
- Lead, manage, and grow teams of software engineers to build meaningful consumer products powered by the latest technology with a focus on applied AI for web and mobile.
- Wear the ‘Product hat' with deep empathy for the customer.
- Partner with a cross-functional team of engineers, research scientists, technical program managers, and product managers to evolve how customers interact with Capital One.
- Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of engineers on your team.
- Partner with product and design leaders to define the strategy, roadmap, and destination architecture, leveraging deep customer empathy.
- Manage a portfolio of diverse technology platforms and projects to build scalable applications that meet or exceed customer needs.
- Design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions across a full-stack of development tools and technologies.
- Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of solutions.
- Encourage innovation, implementation of cutting-edge technologies, inclusion, outside-of-the-box thinking, teamwork, self-organization, and diversity.
- Continuously improve software engineering practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree
- At least 7 years' experience in software development
- At least 5 years' experience in people management
- At least 3 years' experience delivering features to users and building APIs
Nice-to-haves
- Master's Degree
- 10+ years' experience in software development
- 5+ years of experience in one or both of the following: Python, Typescript
- 5+ years' experience in Agile practices
- 4+ years experience with AWS
- Familiarity with AI tools (RAG, Vector databases, Prompt engineering, LangChain, Llama, EMP, Sandbox, Haystack)
- Successful in-market implementation of UI/UX frontend development using React
- Familiarity with Data and Feature Pipelines
- Familiarity with Node
Benefits
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Financial benefits including performance-based incentives
- Inclusive workplace policies
- Support for total well-being
