Senior Android Engineer: Lead Scalable Mobile Architecture

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

Job summary

Capital One is seeking an experienced Mobile Engineer 4 (Android) to drive high-performing features for 100M+ customers. You will lead mobile architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and collaborate with design and product teams to deliver reusable components and scalable client architectures.

You will advance client Backend-for-Frontends (BFFs) and Server-Driven UI (SDUI) patterns while promoting quality, performance, and accessibility across mobile apps.

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 applications for Android (Kotlin) or iOS (Swift).

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for mobile architecture and design patterns.
• Mentor other engineers through reviews and best practices.
• Lead the design and development of client Backend-for-Frontends (BFFs) and Server-Driven UI (SDUI).
• Lead implementation and refinement of feature flags and staged rollouts.
• Champion agentic AI tools to increase team velocity.
• Contribute to performance, accessibility, and architecture improvements.

Skills

Android development

Mobile architecture

Code reviews

Mentoring engineers

Performance optimization

Backend-for-Frontend (BFF)

Server-Driven UI (SDUI)

AI-native development

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kotlin

Swift

Job description

Capital One is seeking an experienced Mobile Engineer 4 (Android) to drive high-performing features for 100M+ customers. You will lead mobile architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and collaborate with design and product teams to deliver reusable components and scalable client architectures.

You will advance client Backend-for-Frontends (BFFs) and Server-Driven UI (SDUI) patterns while promoting quality, performance, and accessibility across mobile apps.