Senior Director, Software Engineering
Capital One
Senior Director, Software Engineering
Job Description
Overview
Capital One is seeking an experienced software engineering leader, Senior Director, Software Engineering, to help us build and grow our Technology Site in Mexico City. Based in Mexico City, the Senior Director of Software Engineering will be responsible for building and leading a team of software engineers who focus on software delivery experience tools to make life easier for engineers to engineer; who focus on cloud governance for compliance, risk reduction, automation and drive standardization towards cloud native architectures; who focus on well managed experiences to empower leaders and application teams to have great visibility and control of their well-managed activities.As a Senior Director of Software Engineering, you will be responsible for working with senior Technology and Business Executives, understanding their Vision and translating it into Execution Strategy. You will be guiding software engineering teams that are responsible for the design and delivery of high quality software for critical business features, built on AWS to the latest technology standards. You will collaborate with Architecture, Card Product, Card Technology and Enterprise stakeholders to drive this critical project forward. You will provide Technology thought leadership and help raise the talent bar by recruiting and hiring top engineering talent. You will also work with product owners to articulate benefits of proposed solutions; influence the technical roadmap; and help business prioritize work.As a Sr. Director of Software Engineering, you will:Lead and inspire a team of 50-70 high-quality software engineers
Support an aggressive recruiting agenda to assess and staff a large (100+ person) high-quality software engineering organization
Provide thought leadership and guidance to our software engineers, and our product partners, with a focus on the software delivery experience, cloud and risk engineering and well managed
Encourage innovation, cutting-edge technologies, and out-of-the-box thinking
Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of your solutions
Serve as the primary point of contact and proactively manage relationships with Capital One US Tech leaders to effectively align well-managed resources and sequence needs in support of strategic business and Tech priorities
Bring a passion to stay on top of tech trends, including learning and experimenting with new technologies, participating in internal and external technology communities, and mentoring members of the engineering community
Lead efforts to deploy new and existing applications into AWS environments
Support continuous improvements processes and shift-left well-managed activities by enabling the developer community through tooling and automation
Proven track record of delivering results and influencing stakeholders in a large, matrixed environment
Exceptional leadership skills, marked by poise, positive influence, and the ability to drive change
Strong facilitation skills and proven ability to build relationships with multiple stakeholders with different agendas at all levels, including executive managers and vendors
Intellectually curious; interested in understanding and experimenting with cutting-edge technologies
Be a talent magnet; quickly develop a brand as a leader who holds an extremely high talent bar
Ability to establish credibility with, as well as motivate and mentor, highly technical engineers
Posses a management style that is collaborative, energetic, results-oriented, and innovative
Strong team leader who has well-honed coaching skills and the ability to inspire and influence others
Bachelor’s Degree
At least 15 years’ experience in a technical role, i.e. data and software engineering
At least 5 years of executive technology leadership experience
At least 5 years of experience driving architecture and engineering excellence at enterprise scale
At least 5 years of experience with public cloud technologies
Fluent in Spanish and English, both spoken and written
Master’s Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) field
7+ years of experience with cloud architecture, cloud computing, data technologies, DevOps technologies, open-source integrations, and various software design architectural patterns
4+ years of software engineering experience with a financial services, banking, or credit card company
Willingness to travel occasionally to support key initiatives, as well as attend meetings, conferences, or training
Locations
- Mexico City, Mexico Ciudad de Mexico, Ciudad de MexicoMexico City
Salary
80,000 - 135,000 USD / yearly
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- Software engineering leadershipintermediate
- Cloud governance and AWSintermediate
- Cloud native architecturesintermediate
- Software delivery experience toolsintermediate
- Team building and recruitingintermediate
- Stakeholder influence and relationship managementintermediate
- Technical thought leadershipintermediate
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree (experience)
- At least 15 years’ experience in a technical role (data and software engineering) (experience)
- At least 5 years of executive technology leadership experience (experience)
- At least 5 years of experience driving architecture and engineering excellence at enterprise scale (experience)
- At least 5 years of experience with public cloud technologies (experience)
- Fluent in Spanish and English, both spoken and written (experience)
- Master’s Degree in STEM field (preferred) (experience)
- 7+ years of experience with cloud architecture, cloud computing, data technologies, DevOps technologies, open-source integrations, and various software design architectural patterns (preferred) (experience)
- 4+ years of software engineering experience with a financial services, banking, or credit card company (preferred) (experience)
Responsibilities
- Lead and inspire a team of 50-70 high-quality software engineers
- Support an aggressive recruiting agenda to assess and staff a large (100+ person) high-quality software engineering organization
- Provide thought leadership and guidance to software engineers and product partners, focusing on software delivery experience, cloud and risk engineering, and well-managed practices
- Encourage innovation, cutting-edge technologies, and out-of-the-box thinking
- Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of solutions
- Serve as the primary point of contact and proactively manage relationships with Capital One US Tech leaders
- Lead efforts to deploy new and existing applications into AWS environments
- Support continuous improvements processes and shift-left well-managed activities through tooling and automation
Answer 10 quick questions to check your fit for Senior Director, Software Engineering @ Capital One.
Senior Director, Software Engineering
Capital One
Senior Director, Software Engineering
Job Description
Overview
Capital One is seeking an experienced software engineering leader, Senior Director, Software Engineering, to help us build and grow our Technology Site in Mexico City. Based in Mexico City, the Senior Director of Software Engineering will be responsible for building and leading a team of software engineers who focus on software delivery experience tools to make life easier for engineers to engineer; who focus on cloud governance for compliance, risk reduction, automation and drive standardization towards cloud native architectures; who focus on well managed experiences to empower leaders and application teams to have great visibility and control of their well-managed activities.As a Senior Director of Software Engineering, you will be responsible for working with senior Technology and Business Executives, understanding their Vision and translating it into Execution Strategy. You will be guiding software engineering teams that are responsible for the design and delivery of high quality software for critical business features, built on AWS to the latest technology standards. You will collaborate with Architecture, Card Product, Card Technology and Enterprise stakeholders to drive this critical project forward. You will provide Technology thought leadership and help raise the talent bar by recruiting and hiring top engineering talent. You will also work with product owners to articulate benefits of proposed solutions; influence the technical roadmap; and help business prioritize work.As a Sr. Director of Software Engineering, you will:Lead and inspire a team of 50-70 high-quality software engineers
Support an aggressive recruiting agenda to assess and staff a large (100+ person) high-quality software engineering organization
Provide thought leadership and guidance to our software engineers, and our product partners, with a focus on the software delivery experience, cloud and risk engineering and well managed
Encourage innovation, cutting-edge technologies, and out-of-the-box thinking
Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of your solutions
Serve as the primary point of contact and proactively manage relationships with Capital One US Tech leaders to effectively align well-managed resources and sequence needs in support of strategic business and Tech priorities
Bring a passion to stay on top of tech trends, including learning and experimenting with new technologies, participating in internal and external technology communities, and mentoring members of the engineering community
Lead efforts to deploy new and existing applications into AWS environments
Support continuous improvements processes and shift-left well-managed activities by enabling the developer community through tooling and automation
Proven track record of delivering results and influencing stakeholders in a large, matrixed environment
Exceptional leadership skills, marked by poise, positive influence, and the ability to drive change
Strong facilitation skills and proven ability to build relationships with multiple stakeholders with different agendas at all levels, including executive managers and vendors
Intellectually curious; interested in understanding and experimenting with cutting-edge technologies
Be a talent magnet; quickly develop a brand as a leader who holds an extremely high talent bar
Ability to establish credibility with, as well as motivate and mentor, highly technical engineers
Posses a management style that is collaborative, energetic, results-oriented, and innovative
Strong team leader who has well-honed coaching skills and the ability to inspire and influence others
Bachelor’s Degree
At least 15 years’ experience in a technical role, i.e. data and software engineering
At least 5 years of executive technology leadership experience
At least 5 years of experience driving architecture and engineering excellence at enterprise scale
At least 5 years of experience with public cloud technologies
Fluent in Spanish and English, both spoken and written
Master’s Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) field
7+ years of experience with cloud architecture, cloud computing, data technologies, DevOps technologies, open-source integrations, and various software design architectural patterns
4+ years of software engineering experience with a financial services, banking, or credit card company
Willingness to travel occasionally to support key initiatives, as well as attend meetings, conferences, or training
Locations
- Mexico City, Mexico Ciudad de Mexico, Ciudad de MexicoMexico City
Salary
80,000 - 135,000 USD / yearly
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- Software engineering leadershipintermediate
- Cloud governance and AWSintermediate
- Cloud native architecturesintermediate
- Software delivery experience toolsintermediate
- Team building and recruitingintermediate
- Stakeholder influence and relationship managementintermediate
- Technical thought leadershipintermediate
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree (experience)
- At least 15 years’ experience in a technical role (data and software engineering) (experience)
- At least 5 years of executive technology leadership experience (experience)
- At least 5 years of experience driving architecture and engineering excellence at enterprise scale (experience)
- At least 5 years of experience with public cloud technologies (experience)
- Fluent in Spanish and English, both spoken and written (experience)
- Master’s Degree in STEM field (preferred) (experience)
- 7+ years of experience with cloud architecture, cloud computing, data technologies, DevOps technologies, open-source integrations, and various software design architectural patterns (preferred) (experience)
- 4+ years of software engineering experience with a financial services, banking, or credit card company (preferred) (experience)
Responsibilities
- Lead and inspire a team of 50-70 high-quality software engineers
- Support an aggressive recruiting agenda to assess and staff a large (100+ person) high-quality software engineering organization
- Provide thought leadership and guidance to software engineers and product partners, focusing on software delivery experience, cloud and risk engineering, and well-managed practices
- Encourage innovation, cutting-edge technologies, and out-of-the-box thinking
- Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of solutions
- Serve as the primary point of contact and proactively manage relationships with Capital One US Tech leaders
- Lead efforts to deploy new and existing applications into AWS environments
- Support continuous improvements processes and shift-left well-managed activities through tooling and automation
Answer 10 quick questions to check your fit for Senior Director, Software Engineering @ Capital One.