This deeply technical, builder-minded role involves owning the technical roadmap for the Capital One Travel Core Platform Team, which builds foundational tooling for all Travel experiences. It suits a former engineer who has shipped software end-to-end and now wants to drive that work as a product leader.
Responsibilities
Own the Platform Team's technical roadmap end-to-end, from discovery through delivery, sequencing the component library, AI enablement, deployment/observability, and developer-experience workstreams into one coherent, prioritized plan
Drive the centralization of the shared component library (tokens, primitives, wrapped components, Storybook, Figma integration) and the migration of all Travel funnels onto it, holding the line on the target of production DOM rendered from the library
Lead the AI-driven development unlock: design-to-code mapping, component metadata for AI grounding, and ESLint/CI guardrails that prevent shadow components, which are the prerequisites that move AI front-end reuse from near-zero to the majority of scaffolded work
Modernize deployment, testing, and observability: test-strategy and coverage compliance, regression-test automation, feature-flag and A/B automation, and proactive monitoring (RUM, crash detection, session replay)
Prototype and validate technical concepts rapidly using AI tools such as Claude Code, Claude Cowork, Stitch by Google, or equivalent AI-assisted development environments, and help shape how the team uses autonomous and semi-autonomous AI workflows
Sit in architecture reviews and design-system working sessions as a credible technical peer, able to reason about tradeoffs, dependencies, and sequencing rather than relaying them
Run the operating cadence: quarterly stakeholder reviews, the platform placemat, onboarding kits and migration guides per tool, and developer-experience surveys with closed-loop follow-through
Translate an ambiguous, broad mandate into clear technical requirements and a defensible sequence, working with minimal information and iterating as you learn
Champion the engineers who build on the platform and the teams who consume it, ensuring developer satisfaction and adoption are treated as first-class outcomes, not afterthoughts
Requirements
Engineering Background: A former software engineer who has personally shipped production software and experienced the full lifecycle (design, build, test, deploy, operate)
Technical Acumen: Deeply credible with engineering partners, comfortable in architectural discussions, able to evaluate technical tradeoffs first-hand, and fluent in modern front-end platforms, design systems, CI/CD, and observability
AI Fluency & Hands-On Prototyping: Direct, hands-on experience using AI-powered development tools (specifically Claude Code, Claude Cowork, or similar platforms like Stitch by Google) to prototype and validate ideas; comfortable working in an AI agent environment where autonomous workflows are part of the toolkit
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Delivers Business Results: Focuses on the key inputs and delivers them with the right quality and in a timely fashion; comfortable owning a technical roadmap and making tradeoffs that optimize for long-term platform value
Problem Solving: Drives toward solutions in a thoughtful, creative manner; can navigate a complex, multi-stakeholder, multi-team environment and find the path forward
Dealing with Ambiguity: Thrives with limited information and a broad mandate; takes initiative, frames problems with available context, and iterates toward clarity and sequence
Customer First: Treats the engineers who build on the platform and the teams who consume it as customers; deeply understands their pain points and reflects them in every roadmap decision
Teamwork: Excellent collaborator across engineering, design, data, and product; puts the team before the individual and operates with a community mindset
Simplicity: Finds elegant, simple solutions to complex technical and organizational challenges; resists over-engineering
Communication: Clearly articulates priorities, strategies, and tradeoffs to both engineers and executives; concise, direct, and actionable
Design / UX Sensibility: Has an eye for good design and can wireframe and reason about user experience with confidence, given the role's proximity to the design system
Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining one of the following with an expectation that the required degree will be obtained on or before the scheduled start date:
A Bachelor's or Master’s Degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Information Systems or a related quantitative field), Business or Marketing
Bachelor's degree in any field and at least 4 years of Product Management experience
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience translating business strategy and analysis into consumer facing digital products
Benefits
Performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long-term incentives (LTI)
Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being
Important Details
Locations: McLean, VA; New York, NY
About the Company
Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities, including Capital One Canada, Capital One Europe, and Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).
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