Director - Software Engineering

Capital One is hiring a Director - Software Engineering in Bengaluru, India. Level rates it ; you can apply on Capital One.

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Lead software engineering teams to deliver consumer-facing web and mobile applications.

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Voyager (94001), India, Bangalore, Karnātaka

Director - Software Engineering

Do you think about writing beautiful code while eating breakfast? Do you build applications you are proud of and want to tell your friends about? Do you get excited scaling web and mobile applications to millions of users? Do you appreciate elegant solutions but also know when to build simple first and iterate? Capital One is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead, manage, mentor, and build an extremely talented software engineering team to deliver a game changing customer experience across all customer touch points.

The ideal candidate must have the ability to attract and recruit the industry’s best talent, and simultaneously have the technical chops to ensure that what we build compelling, customer oriented solutions in an iterative methodology. Success in the role requires an innovative mind, a proven track record of delivering new consumer-facing software products, rigorous analytical skills, and a passion for creating market-leading software for millions of customers.

Responsibilities:

- Manage application/software development to deliver technology prototypes in support of business assessment

- Manage a broad portfolio of diverse technology projects to provide web, mobile, and integration solutions

- Recruit, motivate, mentor, and lead the best application engineering talent

- Manage technology support teams to develop business applications, or ensure business applications have high availability and adequate performance, to include demonstrating year-over-year performance improvement.

Basic Qualifications:

- Bachelor's Degree

- At least 5 years leading software engineering teams

- At least 5 years experience with object-oriented programming and design, including Java

- At least 5 years experience in developing web applications, architectural standards and SOA technologies

Preferred Qualifications:

- Masters Degree

- 7+ years experience in agile development and methodologies (i.e. scrum master)

- Experience building consumer-facing web and mobile software solutions at scale

- Experience with rapid prototyping and interface design testing

- Experience in all or some of the following technologies: Java, Ruby, Python, Scala, HTML5, LAMP STACK, and general web development technologies

- Strong engineering and technology background

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

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 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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For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email to Careers@capitalone.com

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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).

How we rate this

Director - Software Engineering at Capital One rates 10 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

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Key facts

Director - Software Engineering is an open job at Capital One.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The role is based in Bangalore, In.
The job was posted on October 28, 2026.
Seniority: executive.
Applications are handled by Capital One. Apply on Capital One

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