Sr Dir, Software Engineering Connectivity Engineering (Remote-Eligible)

McLean, MD - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 308700 - 352300

Posted on: 23-10-2025

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Sr Dir Software Engineering - Connectivity Engineering (Remote-Eligible)

As a Capital One Senior Director of Software Engineering in the Connectivity Engineering team you will be a part of the Connectivity Evolution organization focusing on driving strategy and best practices around the enterprise network agenda while collaborating across domains with Cyber Cloud and Software Engineering teams. You will be responsible for driving our connectivity technical (network) evolution across all our pillars including engineering security and automation.

Expertise with the following technologies are ideal for success in the role: Local Area Networks Cloud Networks BGP SD-WAN VxLAN Wi-Fi with software tools like Ansible Python etc.

You will:

Bring a deep understanding of networking software development and complex system design
Be an expert in building new fit-for-purpose automation and software systems attached to new systematic capabilities
Lead people and skip level managers in an organization that could reach 50 people
Communicate with ability to operate up toward the executive level
Create group level processes generate roadmaps strategies and manage workflows for an organization
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 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
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:

Bachelors Degree
At least 9 years of experience in software development
At least 7 years of experience in people management
At least 5 years of public cloud experience (AWS GCP Azure)

Preferred Qualifications:

Masters Degree in Computer Science or a Masters Degree in Software Engineering
13 years of experience in software development
10 years of experience in people management
7 years of experience with Networking (BGP Wi-Fi SD-WAN Cloud Networking and Data Center Networking)
7 years of experience in building distributed systems & highly available services using cloud computing services (AWS GCP Azure)

Capital One is open to hiring a Remote Employee for this opportunity

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

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

Remote (Regardless of Location): $280600 - $320200 for Sr. Dir Software Engineering

McLean VA: $308700 - $352300 for Sr. Dir Software Engineering

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidates offer letter.

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.

Capital One offers a comprehensive competitive and inclusive set of health financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at theCapital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status exempt or non-exempt status and management level.

This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.

No agencies please. 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 Citys Fair Chance Act; Philadelphias Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal state and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

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Required Experience:

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Sr Dir Software Engineering - Connectivity Engineering (Remote-Eligible)As a Capital One Senior Director of Software Engineering in the Connectivity Engineering team you will be a part of the Connectivity Evolution organization focusing on driving strategy and best practices around the enterprise n...