Director of Product · Capital One

I build the tools
engineers build with.

Currently

Director of Product at Capital One. I lead developer platform products that ship faster, scale farther, and get out of engineers' way.

CJ Dotson

Strategist turned builder,
Product by obsession.

As my day job, I lead product management for internal developer tooling at big companies; I help software developers focus on the creative aspects of their work by optimizing the boring parts and making the fun parts delightful.

Sometimes I moonlight as a builder, and that's what I made this page for: documenting my journey to build products that I think are fun and that other people might find useful (with a dash of my opinions on completely unrelated topics).

Working on a few things on the side, hope to share them soon.

25,000+

Engineers using platforms I've led

15+

Fortune 100 clients served

10M+

Annual builds supported

500K+

Developer hours saved

Career arc

2018–2021

Big 4 (PwC / Deloitte)

Strategy Consultant

2022–2025

Adobe

Senior Product Manager

2025–present

Capital One

Director of Product