Capital One
Director, Full-stack Engineer
$245K–$307K
McLean, VA +1 · Director · Full-time · Posted Sep 30, 2026
- Location
- McLean, VA
Plano, TX - Experience
- At least 5 years of people management experience; at least 7 years in each of the listed areas. Preferred experience includes 10+ years in several listed areas, 8+ years in database management systems and public cloud, 5+ years mentoring senior engineers, and 2+ years leading cross-domain architectural reviews.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field; a Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering is preferred.
- Visa sponsorship
- Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.
About the job
Leads engineering teams building and operating cloud-native, resilient payment systems, while setting technical strategy, guiding architecture, and developing engineering talent.
What you'll do
- Manage and develop multiple software engineering teams, including mentoring engineers and managers and driving talent strategy.
- Guide full-stack delivery, AWS deployments, and modernization of monoliths into microservices; ensure system availability, resilience, and scalability.
- Set long-term platform strategy and architecture standards, aligning technology roadmaps with product and business goals.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
- At least 5 years of people management experience.
- At least 7 years of experience in software engineering and solution architecture, enterprise architecture and design patterns, cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud), and data architecture.
Nice to have
- Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering.
- Expertise in the strategic application of agentic AI coding tools to solve systemic development challenges.
Pay
McLean, VA: $269,100 - $307,200 USD base salary; Plano, TX: $244,700 - $279,200 USD base salary
Tools
AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Claude Code, Windsurf, Go, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript
AI focus
Leads teams using AI tooling, including Claude Code, Windsurf, and custom AI agents, to accelerate development; preferred expertise includes strategic use of agentic AI coding tools.
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