Android Mobile Engineer 4 (Manager, IC)

ITSMF; New York (NY); On-site; USD 215,000 - 246,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is hiring a Mobile Engineer 4 (Manager, IC) in New York, NY. The role focuses on delivering high-performing Android features for 100M+ customers, leading mobile architecture decisions, and mentoring engineers in a fast-paced Agile environment.

The position emphasizes performance, accessibility, and scalable architectures, with opportunities to adopt agentic AI tools and advanced UI patterns. Salary range is disclosed for New York, and sponsorship is not provided.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or related quantitative field.
• At least 4 years of professional software engineering experience.
• At least 3 years building native mobile apps for Android (Kotlin) or iOS (Swift).
• Proven experience with native Android UI frameworks and modern UI tooling.

Responsibilities

• Partner with engineers, designers, and product managers to deliver high-performing features for 100M+ customers.
• Provide technical leadership for mobile architecture and design patterns.
• Mentor engineers and help clear technical obstacles.
• Grow subject matter expertise in performance, accessibility, and architecture.
• Contribute to architecture decisions, API design reviews, and reusable components.
• Lead Android architecture for scalable product experiences.
• Champion feature flags and staged rollouts to improve delivery and quality.
• Promote agentic AI tooling to increase team velocity.
• Apply mastery of the mobile ecosystem to deliver high-leverage contributions.
• Drive a culture of quality, performance, and user-centric engineering.

Skills

Android

Kotlin

Jetpack Compose

Swift

JUnit/Espresso

SDUI

AI tools

On-device ML

Education

Bachelor's Degree or higher in CS or related field

Tools

CoreML

TensorFlow Lite

Job description

Android Mobile Engineer 4 (Manager, IC)

Do you love building and pioneering in the technology space? Do you enjoy solving complex business problems in a fast-paced, collaborative, inclusive and iterative delivery environment? At Capital One, you'll be part of a big group of makers, breakers, doers and disruptors who love to solve real problems and meet real customer needs. As a Mobile Engineer, you’ll be at the forefront of driving a major transformation across the enterprise.

At Capital One, the Android platforms are recognized as an opportunity to reach our customers in unique, personal and engaging ways. Nothing is off-limits as we explore exciting ways to take advantage of the full ecosystem of mobile devices. Our engineers are provided with top-of-the-line MacBook Pros, multiple high-end monitors and the necessary tooling to develop the best possible products with the least amount of friction. We operate in small, productive Agile teams and use the best industry tools to collaborate cross-functionally.

What You’ll Do:

• Partner with software engineers, designers, and product managers to deliver high-performing, quality features for 100M+ customers that are engaging, purposeful and powerful in their simplicity
• Provide technical leadership for mobile architecture and design patterns, acting as a multiplier for your team's impact
• Mentor other engineers, fostering their growth through thoughtful feedback, code reviews, and sharing of platform-specific best practices, while helping to identify and clear technical obstacles
• Grow and provide subject matter expertise in key platform areas (e.g., performance, accessibility, architecture)
• Contribute to mobile architecture decisions, API design reviews, and reusable component development
• Lead the design and development of Android architecture to deliver scalable and flexible product experiences
• Lead the implementation and refinement of well-managed engineering practices, defining best practices for feature flags and staged rollouts to improve product delivery and quality
• Champion the adoption of agentic AI tools, mentoring engineers in AI-native development practices to increase team velocity
• Apply mastery of the modern mobile ecosystem (including deep platform-specific capabilities and advanced UI patterns) to make complex, high-leverage, hands-on technical contributions
• Drive a culture of quality, performance, accessibility, and customer empathy, establishing high standards for coding, testing, and user experience

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Engineering)
• At least 4 years of professional software engineering experience (internship experience does not apply)
• At least 3 years of experience building native mobile applications for Android (Kotlin) or iOS (Swift)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven experience building native mobile applications for Android (Kotlin)
• Demonstrated experience with modern native UI frameworks ( Jetpack Compose)
• Demonstrated experience designing and building automated testing suites for mobile (e.g., JUnit, Espresso)
• Proven experience with performance tuning and optimization on native mobile platforms
• Demonstrated experience designing scalable mobile architectures and reusable component libraries
• Experience implementing and maintaining comprehensive automated testing
• Demonstrated experience with modular architecture and modern state management patterns
• Demonstrated experience with Server-Driven UI (SDUI) architectures
• Demonstrated experience in metrics-driven staged rollout and feature flag strategies
• Expertise with agentic AI coding tools and AI-assisted workflow patterns
• Familiarity with on-device ML frameworks (e.g., CoreML, TensorFlow Lite)

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization, or offer any immigration related support for this position (e.g. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, E-3, and O-1, or any other forms of work authorization that require immigration support from an employer).

New York, NY: $215,200 - $245,600 for Mobile Engineer 4

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.

This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug‑free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23‑A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901‑4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

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