Center 1 (19052), United States of America, McLean, VirginiaVP, Executive Distinguished Engineer - Delivery Experience
Capital One’s Technology senior leadership is looking for an experienced change leader as Vice President of Software Engineering within the Delivery Experience organization. Delivery Experience focuses on shaping the developer experience, staying well-managed with our products and portfolios, and creating great experiences that enable associates to deliver on Capital One’s mission. The Delivery Experience team manages & builds tools, develops & maintains policy, and works with stakeholders at every level to identify areas of resistance at every point along the delivery life cycle.
As an Executive Distinguished Engineer Delivery Experience, you will lead teams focused on ensuring our tools and best practices help engineers quickly and safely develop and deploy high-quality software - and stay delighted in their work every day. You'll work closely with the users of your solutions, bringing a vision of modern delivery practices and playing a critical role in designing and implementing best practices that will improve our resiliency and stability. You will assess current tools and frameworks ensuring the adoption of cutting-edge technology, not simply because it’s shiny and new, but because it’s the best overall solution. Your experience with leveraging emerging technology will help drive our future roadmap.
This is an individual contributor role with high visibility across the organization and requires strategic engagement with all technology leaders. This executive role will have a high degree of influence and operate as a deep technical expert and thought leader to accelerate adoption of the best engineering and architecture practices and platforms. He/she/they will be an evangelist, both internally and externally, helping to elevate the Distinguished Engineering as a go-to resource on given technologies and technology-enabled capabilities.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop a strategic vision and mobilize the company on emerging continuous deployment areas such as Github Actions, prioritizing high-leverage use cases, and in collaboration with key product and business stakeholders
Ability to engage and inspire our large developer community, understand the tools / technologies in use, highlight friction points and stitch together a developer experience that elevates enterprise productivity
Serve as a thought leader, not only reacting to business needs but also gaining buy-in for the adoption of forward-leaning solutions
Lead research, development and prototyping efforts to advance the state-of-the-art in infrastructure as code patterns with a healthy mix of projects and research ideas that can be tested in near-term as well as fundamental advances that require long-term focus
Represent Capital One at conferences, industry events and in media appearances, promoting our capabilities, helping us develop a strong external brand that will also help attract and retain world-class talent
Stay up-to-date with the latest developments, be an evangelist for automated continuous deployments and share knowledge and expertise with colleagues across the company
Communicate with senior leaders and stakeholders on program updates, roadmap and vision, and help them reimagine their businesses
Location: McLean, VA, Richmond, VA, Plano, TX, or Remote (with regular travel)
The Person:
Deep technical experts and thought leaders that help accelerate adoption of the very best engineering practices, while maintaining knowledge on industry innovations, trends and practices
Demonstrated track record of developing innovative solutions and open-ended research to solve real-world problems, preferably in technology companies, along with publications in top tier conferences
Strong communication is essential in this role, especially the ability to influence senior leadership, stakeholders, technical and non-technical audiences, and shape company strategy to drive results
Role models and mentors, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community
Evangelists, both internally and externally, helping to elevate the Distinguished Engineering community and establish themselves as a go-to resource on given technologies and technology-enabled capabilities
Demonstrated expertise with system domains: continuous deployment, CDK, Terraform, Chef, AWS SDK
Basic Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Masters’ Degree
At least 20 years of experience in software engineering or solution architecture
At least 7 years experience designing and building enterprise platform solutions
At least 5 years experience with AWS
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.
New York City (Hybrid On-Site): $376,200 - $429,400 for VP, Distinguished EngineerSan Francisco and San Jose, California (Hybrid On-Site): $398,500 - $454,900 for VP, Distinguished EngineerIllinois (Hybrid On-Site): $350,700 - $400,300 for VP, Distinguished Engineer
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 candidate’s 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 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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