Nothing to learn in a bank pretends to be a tech company - Senior Software Engineer Capital One Employee Review

2.0
Nov 19, 2024
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Pros

Better WLB than Amazon. Fancy HQ.

Cons

I learned nothing since I came here because most engineers are clueless on what they do (including staff engineers). Hiring bar for engineers is very low compared to actual tech companies. The average code quality across all tech departments is worse than CS undergrads. Culture is rapidly closing to amazon, and this is clearly intentional from the c-suite. C1 is hiring a lot of Amazonians from executive VP down to associate level. Meanwhile the pay is less than half of amazon. Almost everything, from platforms to frameworks, are built in house at Capital One. Debugging and using these platforms and frameworks are absolutely pain in the a**. CEO clearly wants to mimic Google and Amazon yet he didn't realize the talent pool aren't on the same level.

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5.0
Jun 10, 2026
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Pros

Note- last year there was 2018, would not allow that option. Employee engagement always high priority.

Cons

Note- last year there was 2018, would not allow that option. Highly focused on sales vs service.

3.0
Jun 19, 2026
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Pros

Some of the smartest individuals in their fields. The focus is always “forward” and the company is willing to adopt new tech to stay ahead for the purposes of the company’s (key word there) benefit. Great PTO and benefits.

Cons

The company’s drive to keep itself moving forward has caused it to regress in other aspects. As a leading tech company first, and leading bank second, it’s embarrassing what their stance is on hybrid and remote work. The company can easily accommodate remote options for their employees not near main offices, but chooses not to. I am relocating to a major city with no major CapOne presence and their response was “too bad, either fly up weekly or you’ll be terminated for not meeting the hybrid requirements”. It’s embarrassing because most of my week is remote anyways. I wonder how many current and past employees have been impacted, and I’m worried about how much talent they’ll be pushing away in the coming years.

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