Leigh Kesler
Senior Director Of Software Engineering at Capital One
Midlothian, Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolLeigh Kesler is a seasoned software engineering leader with 13 years of experience, currently serving as Senior Director of Software Engineering at Capital One and based in Midlothian, Virginia. He has built and scaled teams focused on microservices, APIs, AWS, and Elasticsearch, guiding delivery from technical team lead to executive leadership within the same enterprise. Known for translating complex financial product needs into resilient, cloud-native architectures, he combines hands-on technical understanding with people leadership and agile delivery. His long tenure at Capital One reflects deep institutional knowledge of large-scale systems and a track record of evolving engineering practices across multiple organizational levels. An early career at CapTech exposed him to a wide variety of roles—from Java development to UI and business analysis—giving him practical cross-functional empathy that informs his leadership.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at James Madison UniversityRandolph College
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LJKesler/etsy-sellers-tool
Mar 2013 - Apr 2013
Contributions:33 commits in 12 days
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