Director Software Engineering

Overview

Voyager (94001), India, Bangalore, Karnataka

Director Software Engineering

At Capital One, we think big and do bigger things. We were the first company to develop and offer mass customization and personalization of credit card, auto loans and other financial services products, and we have been innovating relentlessly ever since. Today, we are a progressive financial services powerhouse spanning Credit Cards, Auto Loans, Retail and Commercial Banking and at the same time a high-tech company, a scientific laboratory, and a well-recognized brand all in one. We are a passionate and entrepreneurial team with heart – a team that embraces bold ideas, fosters collaboration, and delivers world-class products and services impacting over 100 million customer accounts. 

Still founder-led by Chairman and CEO Richard Fairbank, we dare to dream, disrupt and deliver a better way for our customers, the financial industry and for each other. Our goal is simple – bring ingenuity, simplicity and humanity to an industry ripe for change. At DataLabs, Capital One India, we solve fundamental business problems at scale using cutting-edge technology, advanced analytics, data science and machine learning. We specialize in deriving valuable insights about various aspects of the business - including product and process design, consumer behavior, regulatory risk, and much more - from large volumes of data to build cutting edge patentable products at an industrial scale. 

DataLabs is looking for a senior Technology leader to spearhead our foray into autonomous and intelligent data products that solve the full gamut of business needs. This role involves working with heads of lines of businesses in our Financial Services division to understand contemporary business needs, and work with Engineering, Product, Design and Data Science groups to lead tech delivery of large product builds. The role encompasses recruiting, developing and motivating an exceptional team that is drawn from elite campuses in India and abroad, and focused on our mission to develop world class data products. 

At DataLabs, you will work in a fast paced and intellectually rigorous environment. You will apply strategic technological and product leadership skills to major business challenges. And you will do it all in a collaborative environment that values problem solving, encourages creativity, promotes learning, and rewards innovation. 

DataLabs prides itself on its exceptionally vibrant culture. Our Associate Development program enables us to shape amazing career and professional development opportunities for our associates. Our best-in-class Corporate Social Responsibility program has nurtured longstanding partnerships with committed organizations that make a meaningful difference to the communities around us. The enthusiastic volunteerism of our associates is the backbone of all that we do - it enables us to push the envelope of possibilities and have incredible fun along the way. We bend backwards to take care of one another through thick and thin. Our work and the people we are surrounded by are an enduring source of strength and fulfillment in our lives. 

A day in the life of a Capital One Director of Software Engineering: You'll lead the teams in and drive the mission and vision of the Engineering Excellence and Enablement focused on developing foundational technology capabilities that accelerate the pace of delivery for customer-facing web and mobile applications. We are excited to write the next chapter of engineering excellence through investment in Site Reliability, Developer Experience and Developer Tooling to elevate the technology offerings and business opportunities. We have a diverse ecosystem of highly-available RESTful microservices and streaming real-time systems hosted on leading edge AWS Cloud assets. Our applications leverage open-source frameworks and strong software engineering principles that offer a diverse array of challenging, fun, and impactful problems in scalability, monitoring, and automation capabilities. We are looking for a leader whose people-first approach and engineering mindset elevates the safe and collaborative culture of the teams and enables delivery of excellence. We are looking for a true technologist at heart with the ability and business acumen to partner with business stakeholders in a way that inspires them to challenge the status quo in the Financial Services industry. 

At Capital One, we recognize the competitive advantage of psychological safety and ensure all our teams thrive. Bring yourself, your passions, curiosity, an open mind, and experiences, and let’s have a chat! 

Responsibilities: 

• Lead with humility and grow talented engineers who are building the next level of engineering capabilities in Developer Experience, Developer Tooling, and Site Reliability 

• Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of engineers in your teams 

• Raise accountability and strive to build a culture that continuously raises the bar for excellence 

• Build a strong sense of psychological safety on your teams

• Engage with stakeholders to define strategic imperatives and execute roadmaps that create original digital customer products and services 

• Work within and across agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions across a full-stack of industry leading development tools and technologies 

• Bring a passion to stay on top of tech trends, experiment with and learn new technologies, participate in internal and external technology communities, and mentor other members of the engineering community 

• Encourage innovation, foster diversity and inclusion, challenge the status quo, and leverage cutting-edge technologies, and offer, outside-of-the-box thinking, teamwork, self organization 

• Leverage and contribute to the open-source community 

• Partner with leaders across the company to architect, design and develop enterprise platforms, including large scale data and machine learning applications 

Qualifications (not a constraint for the right candidate) 

• 15+ years of experience in software engineering 

• 5+ years of experience in people management 

• 5+ years of experience leading multiple teams within an agile environment • 3+ years of experience managing other managers including talent development,

performance management, team building and succession planning • Demonstrated experience and success pursuing best practices for teams of software engineers 

Preferred Qualifications: 

(Don’t have them all? Don’t worry. We’ll help you develop the right skills for the job) • Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering • 13+ years of experience in software development 

• 8+ years of experience in Agile practices 

• Experience with configuration management and infrastructure automation tools • Experience with Cloud computing platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP) • Experience leading horizontal DevOps/Developer tooling teams

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, 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.

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