Serverless computing is a cloud-native model where developers build and run applications without managing server infrastructure.

It has largely become the standard approach to achieve scalability, often with reduced operational overhead.

However, in banking and financial services, adopting a serverless model can present unique challenges.

Brian McNamara is a distinguished engineer at Capital

1, where he works in serverless integration and development. Brian joins the show with Sean Falconer

to talk about why Capital 1 shifted to a serverless approach, how to think about cloud costs,

establishing governance controls, tools to stay well managed, and much more.

This episode is hosted by Sean Falconer.

Check the show notes for more information on Sean's work and where to find him. Brian, welcome to show.

Hey, Sean. Thanks so much for having me.

Yeah. So to start our conversation, can you explain a little bit about your role at Capital One?

Sure. So I'm a distinguished engineer at Capital One. Essentially, that's a senior I see role.

And my role really revolves around considering how we do serverless at scale, both at a tactical level and a

strategic level. So at a tactical level, I have the opportunity to engage with different teams

who are looking to adopt serverless compute, help them run

through any outstanding questions that they might have around the technologies, help them

decide which compute may be better for their given workloads. But then we also have the

opportunity on my team to actually work with others across the enterprise. So in terms of where I sit at Capital One, I'm in the retail bank,

but I have the opportunity to really work with partners in other lines of business,

like our card business, enterprise, cyber, ML.

So it's really nice to operate, really both at a very high level and really a very low level, too.

You know, when you reach sort of a level of distinguished engineer within an organization,

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