Lead Mobile Engineer: Architecture & AI-Driven Apps

Capital One; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 197,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Mobile Engineer to drive a major transformation across our enterprise. You will work on iOS and Android platforms, shaping architecture, mentoring teams, and delivering scalable client experiences for 100M+ customers.

Join agile teams using modern tooling, apply performance optimizations, and champion AI-driven development to accelerate delivery while ensuring accessibility and quality across products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or related quantitative field.
• 4+ years professional software engineering experience.
• At least 3 years native mobile app development on Android (Kotlin) or iOS (Swift).
• Familiarity with modern native UI frameworks and automated testing.
• Experience designing scalable mobile architectures and libraries.

Responsibilities

• Partner with engineers, designers, and PMs to deliver high-performing mobile features for 100M+ customers.
• Provide technical leadership for mobile architecture and patterns.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews and best practices.
• Grow expertise in performance, accessibility, and architecture.
• Lead design and development of BFFs and SDUI architectures for scalable product experiences.
• Institute feature flags and staged rollouts to improve delivery and quality.
• Champion agentic AI tools to boost team velocity.
• Apply advanced mobile ecosystem knowledge to complex, hands-on contributions.
• Maintain high standards for quality, testing, and user experience.

Skills

Kotlin

Swift

iOS

Android

SwiftUI

Jetpack Compose

Automated testing

Performance tuning

SDUI

BFFs

GraphQL

gRPC/Protobuf

CoreML

Education

Bachelor's Degree or higher in CS or related field

Tools

GraphQL

gRPC/Protobuf

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Mobile Engineer to drive a major transformation across our enterprise. You will work on iOS and Android platforms, shaping architecture, mentoring teams, and delivering scalable client experiences for 100M+ customers.

Join agile teams using modern tooling, apply performance optimizations, and champion AI-driven development to accelerate delivery while ensuring accessibility and quality across products.