Director, Software Engineering - Enterprise Identity

Center 3 (19075), United States of America, McLean, Virginia

Director, Software Engineering - Enterprise Identity

We are seeking a Director of Software Engineering who is passionate about growing and sustaining an innovative technology organization while fostering a culture of engineering and operational excellence. This individual will be an engineering leader who enjoys solving complex business problems in a fast-paced, collaborative, inclusive, and iterative delivery environment. At Capital One, you'll be part of a big group of builders, breakers, doers and disruptors, who love to solve real problems and meet real customer needs.

The Director of Software Engineering is in the Enterprise Identity organization with oversight of software engineering initiatives providing Authentication, Authorization, Identity Verification, Session Management, and Step Up Authentication capabilities to 100+ Million customers. As a Director of Software Engineering in the Identity team, you will further the usage of Identity open standards and cutting-edge technology, leading full stack teams with strong Software Engineering (SWE) and Identity and Access Management (IAM) expertise, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and influence innovative solutions. Additionally, you will proactively identify opportunities to enhance relationships with our partners across the enterprise.

As part of this role, you'll work on designing cloud-native solutions and will have the opportunity to work on emerging technologies such as AWS, Java, Spring, Python, IAM, DevOps, and Cloud Native architectures and design.

You will:

• Lead multiple delivery teams and coach the team through their career development and performance
• Develop the technical strategy, roadmap, and vision for the platforms you own
• Work with product managers to understand desired application capabilities and testing scenarios - Continuously improve software engineering practices
• 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 & 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
• Lead efforts to deploy new and existing applications into AWS environments

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• At least 7 years of experience in software engineering or software development
• At least 5 years of experience in people management
• At least 5 years of experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering or software development
• 8+ years of experience architecting and delivering software systems or platforms
• 6+ years of experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• 5+ years of experience developing in Golang, Python, Java, or Scala
• 5+ years of experience in open source frameworks
• 2+ years of experience in Identity and Access Management

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.

This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days. No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), race, color, age, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender reassignment, citizenship, immigration status, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under applicable federal, state or local law.

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.

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