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About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Director of Software Engineering to join our team and fundamentally redefine the speed and quality of software development. In this role, you will operate as a "Player-Coach," functioning both as a high-leverage developer who ships production-ready code in hours as well as mentoring a team to become elite AI-native builders. You will own the technical benchmark, leveraging agentic development tools to its absolute limits through rigorous, spec-driven design to solve complex problems with unprecedented urgency.

Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and grow a high-velocity team of engineers, fostering a culture of AI adoption and rapid execution
Embrace and incubate AI-native workflows, leveraging Claude and LLMs to fundamentally change the math on development speed
Operate as a "Player-Coach," remaining deeply hands-on to ship production-ready code and solve complex technical problems
Collaborate with product teams to transform intent into functional reality using rigorous, spec-driven design
Partner with stakeholders to explain AI-generated architectures, ensuring the final product matches initial intent flawlessly
Work within Agile cycles to design, audit, and support technical solutions, serving as the ultimate fail-safe for AI output
Lead efforts to bridge I=E (Intent = Execution), guaranteeing high-leverage output without technical debt or hallucinations
Conduct design and code reviews to ensure AI-generated code meets world-class standards for quality and integrity

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree
At least 9 years of experience in software engineering or data engineering
At least 7 years of people management experience
At least 3 years of experience with cloud-based data platforms (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform)
Master’s Degree
10+ years of experience in software engineering or data engineering
2+ years of experience with LLM coding assistance tools such as Claude, Windsurf, Copilot or comparable tools
3+ years of experience with AWS

Skills

AI adoption
Rapid execution
AI-native workflows
Claude
LLMs
Spec-driven design
Agile cycles
AWS

Location

New York, NY

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior Director
9+ years of experience in software engineering or data engineering
7+ years of people management experience
3+ years of experience with cloud-based data platforms
10+ years of experience in software engineering or data engineering
2+ years of experience with LLM coding assistance tools
3+ years of experience with AWS

Education Level

Bachelor’s Degree
Master’s Degree

Salary/Compensations

$343,400 - $392,000

Benefits

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

About the Company

Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities.

Equal Opportunity

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 4901-4920; 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.