Director, Software Engineer Finance Tech - (Remote Eligible)

As a Capital One Director of Software Engineering, you'll work on everything from forward-looking forecasting frameworks and strategic planning tools to high-throughput data engineering pipelines, back-end systems, and machine learning models using the latest techniques in Big Data. You will sit at the intersection of core business strategy and advanced technology, leading teams to build next-generation data infrastructure side-by-side with quantitative data scientists and business leaders.

You'll bring solid experience in emerging and traditional data technologies, cloud platforms, and analytical disciplines such as: Python, SQL, Spark, Scala, Snowflake, Databricks, AWS/Cloud Infrastructure, Apache Airflow, MLOps,, machine learning frameworks, and large-scale enterprise data systems, to name a few.

- Lead, manage, and grow multiple forward-thinking teams of software, data, and platform engineers.

- Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of engineers, fostering a culture of innovation.

- Partner with product managers, data scientists, and system architects to translate complex business strategies into executable technical intent.

- Continuously elevate engineering practices, pioneering spec-driven and intent-driven architectures to minimize friction and maximize build quality.

- Design, implement, and support scalable backend solutions, effectively integrating custom data pipelines with COTS platforms and custom software capabilities, using advanced CI/CD frameworks.

- Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of analytics engines and data infrastructure.

- Bring a passion for staying on top of tech trends, experimenting with emerging agentic frameworks, participating in technology communities, and mentoring members of the broader engineering ecosystem.

- Encourage innovation, the implementation of cutting-edge technologies, inclusion, outside-the-box thinking, and highly autonomous, distributed teamwork.

- Collaborate across engineering organizations to optimize system throughput, streamline complex dependencies, and accelerate the delivery of intelligent capabilities.

- Lead efforts to design and deploy highly available, cloud-native solutions, data systems, and automated frameworks into AWS environments.

- Master's Degree in Computer Science or Master's Degree in Software Engineering

- Experience leveraging interactive AI tooling to accelerate productivity, utilizing capabilities beyond basic code completion

Capital One is open to hiring a Remote Employee for this opportunity.

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

Remote (Regardless of Location): $244,700 - $279,200 for Director, Software Engineering