Capital One
Mobile Engineer 5 (Android)
$230K–$286K
McLean, VA +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
- Location
- McLean, VA
New York, NY - Experience
- At least 6 years of professional software engineering experience, including mobile architectural design and project execution across multiple teams; at least 6 years building native mobile applications; at least 3 years architecting or leading federated native mobile applications. Preferred: 7+ years building native mobile applications.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Engineering).
- Visa sponsorship
- Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.
About the job
Leads Android mobile engineering, building shared platform components and high-impact customer features while shaping technical roadmaps, cross-team standards, reliability practices, and agentic AI workflows.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain mobile features, core components, and shared libraries; influence multi-quarter engineering roadmaps.
- Establish cross-platform consistency, accessibility, performance, release, and reliability practices across teams.
- Define strategies for agentic AI tools and mentor senior engineers in AI-native development workflows.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
- At least 6 years of professional software engineering experience, including mobile architecture and project execution across multiple teams; internships do not apply.
- At least 6 years building native Android or iOS applications.
- At least 3 years architecting or leading development of federated native mobile applications.
Nice to have
- Experience with modern native UI frameworks, automated mobile testing, modular architecture, performance optimization, or technical leadership.
- Experience with BFFs, gRPC/Protobuf, on-device ML, release metrics and feature flags, or agentic AI coding tools.
Pay
$229,900 - $262,400 USD base salary; $250,800 - $286,200 USD base salary
Tools
Android, iOS, SwiftUI, Jetpack Compose, Swift Testing, XCUI, JUnit, Espresso
AI focus
Define strategies for agentic AI tools across teams, including specialized agents, skills, and tools built on open standards such as Model Context Protocol; mentor senior engineers in AI-native workflows and agentic coding.
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