This video features a technical deep dive into Capital One's approach to running distributed systems on AWS for mission-critical financial services applications. Sharmila Ravi, SVP of Software Engineering, discusses Capital One's cloud journey and their focus on resiliency. She emphasizes the importance of designing for failure, balancing consistency and availability, and considering end-to-end customer experiences. Kathleen deValk, VP and Chief Architect, then explores specific use cases and architectural patterns for achieving resiliency. She covers multi-region failover scenarios, active/active configurations, and cell-based architectures. The speakers highlight the critical role of monitoring, observability, and continuous improvement in maintaining highly reliable systems. They also stress the importance of automating responses to failures and conducting regular testing through game days and chaos engineering. The presentation provides valuable insights into how Capital One designs and operates resilient systems at scale in the cloud.