✦ Luna Orbit — Executive & General Management

Director, Software Engineer

at Discover Financial Services

📍 McLean, VA Unknown 💰 $269K – $307K USD / year Posted April 03, 2026
Salary $269K – $307K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience lead
Exp. Years 5+ years
Education Bachelor's Degree
Category Executive & General Management

Director, Software Engineer provides technical leadership for architecture and cloud adoption, leading a team of solution architects to deliver enterprise-scale banking products and drive the technology roadmap.

  • Lead a team of 5 solution architects for banking product architectures
  • Establish destination-backed architecture strategy and review designs
  • Guide onboarding of emerging technology in engineering teams
  • Influence technical roadmap of enterprise platforms
  • Collaborate with product owners to articulate benefits and prioritize work

Extensive experience with Java, Ruby, Python, Scala, HTML5, LAMP STACK; cloud hosting on AWS/Azure/GCP; SOA and architectural standards; agile practices and rapid prototyping

The ideal candidate is a senior software engineering leader with 5+ years of leading teams, strong OO programming experience (Java), and a track record delivering web/mobile software at scale within an enterprise setting. Must be able to drive architecture decisions and cloud adoption.

Bachelor's Degree5+ years leading software engineering teams5 years experience with object-oriented programming and designincluding Java5 years experience in developing web applicationsarchitectural standards and SOA technologies
Masters Degree7+ years agile development and methodologies (scrum master)Experience building consumer-facing web and mobile software at scaleExperience with rapid prototyping and interface design testingExperience in all or some of: JavaRubyPythonScalaHTML5LAMP STACK
JavaRubyPythonScalaHTML5LAMP STACK
Bachelor's Degree; 5+ years leading software engineering teams; 5 years experience with object-oriented programming and designincluding Java; 5 years experience in developing web applicationsarchitectural standards and SOA technologies; agile development; scrum master; consumer-facing web and mobile software
Cloud hostingEnterprise platformsJavaRubyPythonScalaHTML5LAMP STACKAgileScrum
leadershipcommunicationinfluencedecision makingstrategic thinking
Industry Financial Services
Job Function Lead architecture and technology strategy for enterprise banking software and cloud-enabled platforms.
Role Subtype Director of IT
Tech Domains Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, Open source software, Java, Ruby, Python, Scala, HTML5, LAMP Stack
Visa Sponsorship No
director of software engineercloud native architecturesawsamazon web servicesgcpgoogle cloud platformazureopen source softwareenterprise platformsarchitecture developmentapplication designscloud hostingSOA technologiesobject-oriented programmingJavaRubyPythonScalaHTML5LAMP STACKagile developmentscrum masterrapid prototypinginterface design testingDirector of Software EngineerAWSAmazon Web ServicesGoogle Cloud PlatformAzureERP

5+ years leading software engineering teams, 5+ years OO in Java, Bachelor's degree required, Must be able to work on-site in McLean, VA

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