Senior Software Engineer

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed.  We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

Job Description

This position will be responsible for the analysis, design, testing, development and maintenance of best in class software experiences. The candidate is a self-motivated individual who can collaborate with a team and across the organization. The candidate takes responsibility of the software artifacts produced adhering to U.S. Bank standards in order to ensure minimal impact to the customer experience. The candidate will be adept with the agile software development lifecycle and DevOps principles.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support scalable backend applications and services using Java and Spring Boot.
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs and microservices that support reliable, high-volume business applications.
• Provide technical leadership throughout the software development lifecycle, from solution design and development through production implementation and support.
• Develop solutions using Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data, Spring Security, and related Java technologies.
• Design and support event-driven architectures using technologies such as Kafka and other messaging platforms.
• Develop applications that integrate with relational and NoSQL databases, ensuring efficient data access and application performance.
• Apply strong engineering practices around security, authentication, authorization, API security, resiliency, and data protection.
• Build comprehensive unit and automated tests using tools such as JUnit and Mockito to improve code quality and reliability.
• Support CI/CD, automated deployments, containerization, and cloud-native development using technologies such as Git, Maven/Gradle, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or similar GenAI coding assistants to enhance development, testing, debugging, documentation, and engineering productivity while following responsible and secure development practices.
• Perform code reviews, establish development best practices, and help ensure solutions meet engineering, security, performance, and maintainability standards.
• Troubleshoot complex application and production issues, perform root-cause analysis, and implement solutions that improve system reliability and performance.
• Partner with architects, product owners, engineering teams, and other technology stakeholders to translate business requirements into effective technical solutions.
• Identify opportunities to modernize applications, reduce technical debt, automate development processes, and improve overall engineering efficiency.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers, sharing knowledge and promoting consistent engineering practices.
• Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies, technical design discussions, estimation, planning, and continuous improvement activities.
• Stay current with emerging backend, cloud, security, and generative AI development technologies and evaluate their appropriate use within enterprise applications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience
• Five to six years of relevant experience

Preferred Skills & Qualifications:

• Strong hands-on experience with Java and Spring Boot for backend application development.
• Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Strong understanding of Spring Framework, including Spring MVC, Spring Data, and Spring Security.
• Experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and relational databases; NoSQL experience is a plus.
• Experience with Node, NPM and React framework, producing hygiene and secure front-end code.
• Experience with Kafka or other event-driven/messaging technologies.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and scalable backend application development.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Git, and Maven/Gradle.
• Strong experience with unit and automated testing, including JUnit and Mockito.
• Experience developing high-volume, scalable, reliable, and secure backend services.
• Understanding of application security, authentication, authorization, and secure API development.
• Exposure to AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or similar generative AI coding tools to support code development, testing, debugging, documentation, and developer productivity.
• Familiarity with responsible and secure use of AI-assisted development tools, particularly when working with proprietary or sensitive code.
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and performance-optimization skills.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Previous experience in banking, financial services, payments, or other regulated environments is a plus.

Location expectations 
This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week.

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.

Benefits: 

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following:

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

• Basic term and optional term life insurance

• Short-term and long-term disability

• Pregnancy disability and parental leave

• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan

• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)

• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities

• Adoption assistance

• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

Review our full benefits available by employment status here.

U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, and other factors protected under applicable law.

E-Verify

U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories. The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about the E-Verify program.

The salary range reflects figures based on the primary location, which is listed first. The actual range for the role may differ based on the location of the role. In addition to salary, U.S. Bank offers a comprehensive benefits package, including incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase 401(k) contribution and pension (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Pay Range: $119,765.00 - $140,900.00

U.S. Bank will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment. U.S. Bank conducts background checks consistent with applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act as well as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. U.S. Bank is subject to, and conducts background checks consistent with the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA). In addition, certain positions may also be subject to the requirements of FINRA, NMLS registration, Reg Z, Reg G, OFAC, the NFA, the FCPA, the Bank Secrecy Act, the SAFE Act, and/or federal guidelines applicable to an agreement, such as those related to ethics, safety, or operational procedures.

Applicants must be able to comply with U.S. Bank policies and procedures including the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and related workplace conduct and safety policies.

Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.