Senior Manager, Full-Stack Engineer (People Leader)

Location: McLean, VA

We are building the next generation of engineering and operational excellence enablers: AI-powered tools, accelerators, and paved-road practices that make it dramatically easier for teams across People Tech to deliver software with speed, quality, and confidence. This is a people leadership role for someone who is equally a technical thought leader and a hands-on solution architect.

As a Senior Manager, Full-Stack Engineer (People Leader) you will lead a team that builds and scales the foundational capabilities other engineering teams rely on, while shaping and architecting those solutions yourself. You will set the technical vision for applying AI and automation to engineering and operations, design the frameworks others build upon, and mentor the people who bring them to life. You won't just manage execution—you will define what excellence looks like and prove it through the solutions you architect.

What You’ll Do

• Set Technical Vision: Establish the strategic roadmap for AI-driven engineering and operational excellence, leveraging expertise in CI/CD, DevEx, automation, and AI to accelerate software delivery.
• Architect Solutions: Design reusable AI accelerators, automated tooling, and paved-road workflows that eliminate friction across the developer experience.
• Advance Operational Excellence: Implement built-in practices and tooling to ensure high quality, reliability, and continuous delivery are standard across all teams.
• Lead Engineers: Coach and elevate a high-performing engineering team, translating ambiguous enterprise missions into clear, actionable roadmaps.
• Partner & Influence: Align cross-functional leadership, product managers, and engineering teams to drive broad adoption of platform solutions.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Engineering)
• At least 6 years of experience in software engineering (Internship experience does not apply)
• At least 3 years of experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), cloud-based productivity tools, or virtualization technologies
• At least 3 years of people management experience

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field

5+ years of experience leading architectural design reviews and influencing enterprise-wide technical standards and methodologies

4+ years of experience with database and database management systems

4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or cloud-based productivity tools or virtualization technologies

4+ years of experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and automated testing frameworks

4+ years of experience using Git-based version-control systems (e.g., Git, GitHub, Bitbucket)

4+ years of experience troubleshooting technical issues within cloud environments

5+ years of experience contributing to open source frameworks

5+ years of experience with front-end JavaScript or TypeScript frameworks

5+ years of experiencing creating synchronous and asynchronous APIs

9+ years of experience coding with more than two of the following: Go, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Rust, C#, Scala

Experience leveraging modern AI-based coding tools and IDE copilots

Experience managing multi-team engineering organizations or leading strategic technical programs spanning multiple domains

Experience defining and tracking engineering OKRs that align to business outcomes

Experience shaping organization design and talent strategy for scaling engineering capabilities

Experience presenting technology roadmaps and investment cases to executive leadership

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.

McLean, VA: $229,900 - $262,400 for Sr. Manager, Full-stack Engineer

Richmond, VA: $209,000 - $238,500 for Sr. Manager, Full-stack 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 (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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Additional Locations: Richmond, VA