Mobile Engineer: Lead Architecture & AI-Driven Delivery

Capital One National Association; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 179,000 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Mobile Engineer 4 to lead native mobile development across Android and iOS, guiding architecture decisions and mentoring engineers. You will design scalable client architectures, collaborate with product teams, and drive best practices for quality and performance.

The role emphasizes delivering high-impact features for a broad user base and advancing SDUI/BFF patterns while leveraging agentic AI to accelerate delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related quantitative field.
• At least 4 years of professional software engineering experience.
• At least 3 years of experience building native mobile apps for Android (Kotlin) or iOS (Swift).

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 other engineers and help clear technical obstacles.
• Grow subject matter expertise in platform areas like performance and accessibility.
• Contribute to mobile architecture decisions and API design reviews.
• Lead the design and development of BFFs and SDUI architectures for scalable product experiences.
• Promote quality and best practices for feature flags and staged rollouts.
• Champion AI tooling adoption and AI-native development practices.
• Apply mastery of the mobile ecosystem to drive high-leverage contributions.
• Drive a culture of quality, performance, accessibility, and customer empathy.

Skills

Mobile architecture

Android Kotlin

iOS Swift

UI frameworks

mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

SwiftUI

Jetpack Compose

XCUI

JUnit

Espresso

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Mobile Engineer 4 to lead native mobile development across Android and iOS, guiding architecture decisions and mentoring engineers. You will design scalable client architectures, collaborate with product teams, and drive best practices for quality and performance.

The role emphasizes delivering high-impact features for a broad user base and advancing SDUI/BFF patterns while leveraging agentic AI to accelerate delivery.