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Director Software Engineering - Global Payments Network

chicago, IL

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Director Software Engineering – Global Payments Network

As a Capital One Director of Software Engineering, you'll work on everything from customer‑facing web and mobile applications using cutting‑edge open source frameworks, to highly‑available RESTful microservices, to back‑end Java‑based systems, and machine‑learning models using the latest Big Data techniques. You'll bring solid experience in emerging and traditional technologies such as: node.js, Java, Go, AngularJS, React, Python, REST, JSON, XML, Ruby, Perl, NoSQL databases, relational databases, Spark, Artifactory, Maven, iOS, Android, and AWS/Cloud Infrastructure to name a few.

Team Description

The Global Payments Network Digital Payments Technology team is responsible for providing card tokenization and Digital Wallets support for cardholders. This includes device wallets such as Apple Pay and Google Pay, along with stored‑payment tokens for online merchants and token aggregators. The team builds and manages software to support tokenization and transaction security, enabling innovative payment methods with increased security for cardholders.

You will:

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

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

Continuously improve software engineering practices

Work within and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions across a full‑stack set of tools and technologies

Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of your solutions

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

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

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree

At least 7 years’ experience in software development

At least 5 years’ experience in people management

Preferred Qualifications

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

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

Salary Information

Chicago, IL: $239,900 – $273,800 for Director, Software Engineering

McLean, VA: $263,900 – $301,200 for Director, Software Engineering

Riverwoods, IL: $239,900 – $273,800 for Director, Software Engineering

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.

Equal Opportunity & Accessibility

Capital One is an equal‑opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/veteran). 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.

If you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1‑800‑304‑9102 or via email at All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.

For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please email

Capital One does not provide, endorse nor guarantee and is not liable for third‑party products, services, educational tools or other information available through this site.

Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).

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chicago, IL, 60290, US

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