Capital One
SoftwareEngineeringManager
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“Software Engineering Manager at Capital One. Skills: people leadership, technical leadership, team leadership, coaching, mentoring, architectural influence, delivery ownership, culture shaping. coach and nurture engineers. make a material positive difference to their careers and impact on the business”
What You'll Achieve.
make a material positive difference to their careers and impact on the business; drive growth and operational efficiencies; lead a happy & high-performing engineering team; make a positive impact on the business
Industry & Context.
problem-solving leader; Solve real world problems; navigate ambiguity
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Previous experience in leading teams, growing engineers and dealing with conflict, constructively and collaboratively, Previous experience of having been an experienced software engineer, and somebody who remains comfortable with technology, architectural decisions and technical trade-offs, Previous experience in our backend tech stack - Java, Spring, AWS and who is a advocate of tight feedback loops through mechanisms including, but not limited to automated tests, CI/CD pipelines and frequent releases, A balance of self-reflection and bias for action, ownership and excellent communication, A drive for positive, proactive impact
Nice to Have
Solve real world problems, navigate ambiguity and deliver on the public cloud (AWS) to drive growth and operational efficiencies in an ambitious and growing UK business, Influence change in a complex regulated environment
What You'll Do.
coach and nurture engineers
make a material positive difference to their careers and impact on the business
bring technical leadership to your team
stay close to your team’s work
set a high bar for engineering
understand technical risks
influence architectural thinking and decisions
bring context and purpose to your team
ensure your team understands the why behind the work they do
own and shape culture
own ways of working and deliveries
partnering with your Product Owner and Change Delivery Lead to shape roadmaps
lead frequent delivery of high quality software in a complex regulatory environment
own one or more business applications
keeping them well-managed and compliant with the high bar set by the business
elevate thinking beyond your immediate team
represent the interests and context of the business to your engineers
help make the environment beyond your immediate team a better place
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
partnering with your Product Owner and Change Delivery Lead; represent the interests and context of the business to your engineers; help make the environment beyond your immediate team a better place
Communication Scope
excellent communication
Process & Methodology
Own ways of working and deliveries, shape roadmaps, lead frequent delivery of high quality software
Full Job Description
White Collar Factory (95009), United Kingdom, London, London Software Engineering Manager **About this role** Capital One is looking for a Software Engineering Manager to join us in our London office. You will have previous experience of leading a Software Engineering team and be passionate about people and technical leadership. **What you’ll do** * Be a differential people leader. _Literally_. We expect you to coach and nurture your engineers and make a material positive difference to their careers and impact on the business. * Bring technical leadership to your team. We don’t require you to code, but we do expect you to stay close to your team’s work, set a high bar for engineering, understand technical risks and influence architectural thinking and decisions. * Bring context and purpose to your team. You will ensure your team understands the why behind the work they do, and you will be intentional about how you own and shape culture. * Own ways of working and deliveries, partnering with your Product Owner and Change Delivery Lead to shape roadmaps and lead frequent delivery of high quality software in a complex regulatory environment * Own one or more business applications, keeping them well-managed and compliant with the high bar set by the business * Be a _manager for the business_ , elevating your thinking beyond your immediate team. You’ll represent the interests and context of the business to your engineers, and help make the environment beyond your immediate team a better place. **What we’re looking for** An approachable and inquisitive problem-solving leader, with a focus on the why, and a passion for growing people, nurturing culture and leading technical delivery to help us get things done and make things better in a complex, regulatory environment. **We are looking for:** * Previous experience in leading teams, growing engineers and dealing with conflict, constructively and collaboratively * Previous experience of having been an experienced software eng
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