Senior Director, Software Engineering - Core CI/CD Platforms
About The Position
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.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree
- At least 9 years of experience in software development
- At least 7 years of experience in people management
Nice To Haves
- 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
Responsibilities
- 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
