Senior Director, Full-stack Engineer – Global Payment Network

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Illinois, +2 more states.

📋 Description

• Oversee, manage, and enhance multiple teams of software engineers focused on product development.

• Establish long-term technical strategies and architectural standards for enterprise-level platforms.

• Collaborate with senior engineering and business leaders to align product roadmaps with scalable technological capabilities.

• Drive strategies for talent acquisition, succession planning, skill enhancement, and equitable opportunities.

• Mentor and support engineers in their professional and technical growth.

• Work with product managers to create market-driven application capabilities and customer experiences.

• Enhance software engineering practices within Agile teams.

• Design, develop, test, implement, and support comprehensive full-stack technical solutions.

• Lead the craftsmanship of solutions focusing on availability, resilience, and scalability.

• Deploy both new and existing applications within AWS environments.

• Construct and manage robust, low-latency, high-volume systems that facilitate domestic and international payment processes.

• Engineer solutions for core network products while simplifying global participant integration.

• Utilize automation and AI-driven engineering to provide real-time insights and enhance fraud and risk management capabilities.

• Promote innovation, inclusion, teamwork, self-organization, and diversity within the engineering organization.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative discipline.

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in people management.

• At least 9 years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture.

• A minimum of 9 years in enterprise architecture and design patterns.

• At least 9 years of experience in cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud).

• Minimum of 9 years of experience in data architecture.

• Proficient with web technologies, distributed HPC and ML systems, databases, networking protocols, and third-party distributed systems.

• Experience in coding with Go, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Rust, C#, or Scala.

• Familiarity with public cloud platforms, cloud-based productivity tools, or virtualization technologies.

• Proven experience mentoring senior engineers and fostering professional development.

• Experience leading architectural reviews across domains or establishing coding and design standards.

• Expertise in strategically applying agentic AI coding tools.

• Demonstrated experience utilizing AI-driven tools, frameworks, or modern software development methodologies.

• Background in fintech, particularly in payment processing, merchant services, or digital payment architectures.

• Experience in building and delivering enterprise software, executing enterprise-scale data migrations, and managing platform transformations.

• Proficient in architecting, testing, and operating real-time distributed data systems and handling high-volume data pipelines.

• Ability to build and mentor high-performing engineering teams.

• Capital One may consider sponsoring a qualified applicant for employment authorization.

🏝️ Benefits

• Performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonuses and/or long-term incentives (LTI).

• Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive health, financial, and other benefits that support total well-being.

• Employment authorization sponsorship may be considered for a new qualified applicant.

• Reasonable accommodations available for applicants who require them.