Master Software Engineer (Manager) - Master Software Engineer/Manager Capital One Employee Review

2.0
Mar 22, 2015
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

decent salary, 7.5% 401k match, perks not that bad when compared with other traditional organizations like capital one.

Cons

capital one preaches one and practices one. you will be able to see this across all layers of management. every year when i speak to my directors they speak about promotion opportunities and expect you to make a difference in the organization etc., etc., and finally award promotion to non technical talents because there is no growth path for technical people who wants to stay technical. as you see upwards of the management hierarchy, all of them are from non technical background and hence they don't really like technical talents except for getting work done through them. only 1/10 will be technical talent and there will be a huge crowd of people who you will deal with everyday and get frustrated. you might start feeling very dumb over a period of time because the environment is not fostering enough.

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5.0
Jun 10, 2026
Recommend
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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
Recommend
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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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