Mobile Engineer 5 ( Android) (Enterprise Platforms Technology )

Capital One • Richmond, VA

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About The Position

Capital One is hiring a Mobile Engineer 5 specializing in Android for Enterprise Platforms Technology. The role contributes to a major enterprise technology transformation by building mobile capabilities and shared platforms that serve customers and support engineering teams. The engineer works in small, collaborative Agile teams with software engineers, designers, product managers, product leaders, and infrastructure and backend teams.

The position combines hands-on technical contributions with architectural leadership. It focuses on native mobile application development, shared components and libraries, cross-platform standards, mobile performance, reliability, accessibility, and release practices. The engineer also helps shape multi-quarter roadmaps, establishes practices for agentic AI development workflows, and mentors senior engineers. Capital One provides MacBook Pros, high-end monitors, and development tooling. The role is eligible for performance-based incentive compensation in addition to salary.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field, such as Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, or Engineering.
• At least 6 years of professional experience in software engineering, mobile architectural design, and project execution across multiple teams; internship experience does not count.
• At least 6 years of experience building native mobile applications for Android or iOS.
• At least 3 years of experience architecting or leading the development of federated native mobile applications.

Nice To Haves

• 7 or more years of experience building native mobile applications for Android or iOS.
• Experience with modern native UI frameworks such as SwiftUI or Jetpack Compose.
• Experience designing and building automated mobile testing suites, such as Swift Testing, XCUI, JUnit, or Espresso.
• Experience with modular architecture and modern state management patterns.
• Experience tuning and optimizing performance on native mobile platforms.
• Experience providing technical leadership for a large product area and influencing its technical vision and roadmap.
• Experience leading the design of multi-team components or contributing to shared SDKs.
• Experience developing and scaling client Backend-for-Frontends (BFFs) and defining efficient data-fetching strategies using protocols such as gRPC/Protobuf.
• Working knowledge of on-device machine learning frameworks such as CoreML or TensorFlow Lite.
• Expertise in release health indicators, metrics-driven staged rollouts, and feature-flag strategies.
• Expertise with agentic AI coding tools and developer productivity patterns.

Responsibilities

• Partner with software engineers, designers, and product managers to deliver high-performing, high-quality features for customers.
• Work with product leaders to influence multi-quarter engineering roadmaps, including capability development, performance optimization, and platform modernization, aligned with business goals.
• Architect, build, and maintain core components and shared libraries used by multiple teams.
• Contribute to standards for consistency, scalability, and accessibility across mobile experiences.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in areas such as mobile performance, networking, or platform-specific UI frameworks, and influence standards across teams.
• Partner with infrastructure and backend teams to define and improve mobile CI/CD, observability, reliability engineering, and standardized release practices.
• Define strategies for using agentic AI tools across multiple teams, including specialized agents, skills, and tools built on open standards such as Model Context Protocol.
• Mentor and guide senior engineers in building AI-native workflows and developing technical leadership in agentic coding.
• Make hands-on technical contributions to solve challenging product-area problems using expertise in the modern mobile ecosystem and advanced platform capabilities and UI patterns.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, financial, and other benefits supporting total well-being; eligibility varies by employment status and management level.
• Performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonuses and/or long-term incentives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior