Director, Software Engineering; Security

Director, Software Engineering (Security)

As a Director of Software Engineering, you'll work on everything from security platforms to cloud and software development, building Capital One’s future state security capabilities. You will lead the creation of a future-state Security Service Edge (SSE) and network security platform designed to abstract and simplify complex security functions across the enterprise. Moving beyond traditional siloed security, you will build a highly scalable, low-latency, and self‑service platform that handles everything from Web Application Firewalls and Bot Protection to Network Access Control.

You will:

• Lead, manage and grow multiple teams of product focused software engineers.
• Build software services and platforms.
• Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of engineers on your team.
• Work with product managers to understand desired application capabilities and testing scenarios, vendor technology recommendations and evaluations.
• Implement software engineering best practices and continuously improve them.
• Work within and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions across a full-stack development tools and technologies.
• Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of your solutions.
• Bring a passion to stay on top of tech trends, experiment with and learn new technologies, participate in internal and external technology communities, and mentor other members of the engineering community.
• Encourage innovation, implementation of cutting‑edge technologies, inclusion, outside‑of‑the‑box thinking, teamwork, self‑organization, and diversity.
• Work across to improve the velocity of your and other teams.
• Lead efforts to deploy new and existing applications into AWS environments.
• Break existing monolithic applications into micro service architectures and build new microservices.

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 7 years’ experience in software development
• At least 5 years’ experience in people management

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science or a Master’s Degree in Software Engineering
• 10+ years of experience in software development
• 5+ years of experience in Agile practices
• 3+ years of experience in security engineering and architecture
• 3+ years of experience with networking (BGP, Wi‑Fi, SD‑WAN, cloud networking and data center networking)

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

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial, and other benefits that support your total well‑being. Eligibility varies based on full or part‑time status, exempt or non‑exempt status, and management level.

This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long‑term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non‑discretionary depending on the plan.

Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non‑discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug‑free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law;
San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections ;
New York City’s Fair Chance Act;
Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.