Sr. Software Engineering: Engineering Leader
Plano, TX

Job Description

West Creek 1 (12071), United States of America, Richmond, Virginia

At Capital One, we're building a leading information-based technology company. Still founder-led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Fairbank, Capital One is on a mission to help our customers succeed by bringing ingenuity, simplicity, and humanity to banking. We measure our efforts by the success our customers enjoy and the advocacy they exhibit. We are succeeding because they are succeeding.

Guided by our shared values, we thrive in an environment where collaboration and openness are valued. We believe that innovation is powered by perspective and that teamwork and respect for each other lead to superior results. We elevate each other and obsess about doing the right thing. Our associates serve with humility and a deep respect for their responsibility in helping our customers achieve their goals and realize their dreams. Together, we are on a quest to change banking for good.

Sr. Software Engineering: Engineering Leader

Do you want to work for a tech company that writes its own code, develops its own software, and builds its own products? We experiment and innovate leveraging the latest technologies, engineer breakthrough customer experiences, and bring simplicity and humanity to banking. We make a difference as a technology company in consumer finance.

Your commitment to learn new things is every bit as important to us as what you have already done. Maybe even more so because we don't want to be doing the same thing tomorrow that we're doing today. You accept change, want to grow, and evolve into a better member of the team.

What will you work on as a Capital One Engineering Leader? You will drive design, implementation, testing, and devops in an Agile environment, using modern methodologies, and open source tools. You'll be empowered to choose the way you work (Mac or PC, iPhone or Android). You will bring solid experience in designing and delivering software applications, and lead teams that are at the forefront of disrupting the financial services segment.

The person we are looking for will:

* Get a bit excited about what they read about above


* Have a sense of intellectual curiosity and a passion for learning


* Be self-driven, actively looks for ways to contribute, and knows how to get things done


* Possess good communication and reasoning skills, including the ability to make a strong case for technology choices


* Lead, manage and grow multiple teams of product-focused software engineers


* Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of engineers on your team


* Continuously improve software engineering practices; leading the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of your solutions


* Help identify risks/impediments, escalate issues, bring transparency to deliverables and ensure Agile delivery


* Encourage innovation, implementation of cutting-edge technologies, inclusion, outside-of-the-box thinking, teamwork, self-organization, and diversity



What the search engines are looking for to help you find this job, as well as the type of environment, technologies, and languages that we work in:

Agile, DevOps, AWS (Amazon Web Services), Docker, microservices, Go, nodejs, Java, Spring, Python, Spark

Basic Qualifications:

* Bachelor's Degree or military experience
* At least 5 years' experience in software development
* At least 2 years' experience in people management

Preferred Qualifications:

* Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Engineering
* Master's Degree
* 7 + years' of experience in software development
* 5+ years' of experience in Agile practices
* 2+ years' of experience in Cloud Computing
* 5+ years of experience in people management

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