Lead Software Engineer; Full Stack

Position: Lead Software Engineer (Full Stack)
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 Dev Ops principles.

Essential Responsibilities:

Leadthedesign,development,anddeliveryofscalable,secure,cloud-nativeenterpriseapplicationssupportingcriticalbusinessfunctions.

Architectandimplementmicroservices,APIs,event-drivensystems,anddistributedapplicationswithafocusonperformance,resiliency,andhighavailability.

Develop modern,responsiveuserexperiencesusing

React,Type Script,JavaScript,HTML5,andCSS
3.Buildandmaintainbackendservicesusing Java,Spring Boot,Kafka,andcontainerizedarchitectures.

Partner with Product,UX,Architecture,and Engineeringteamstotranslatebusinessrequirementsintotechnicalsolutions.

Driveengineeringexcellencethrougharchitecturereviews,codequalitystandards,automated testing,CI/CD,andDevOpsbestpractices.

Mentorsoftwareengineers,providetechnicalleadership,andinfluencearchitecturaldecisionsacrossdeliveryteams.

Evaluateandimplementemergingtechnologiesincluding

Generative AI,Large Language Models (LLMs),RAG,AgenticAI,andenterpriseAIplatforms.

Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience
- Six to eight years of relevant experience

Preferred Skills/Experience Expertise in Distributed Systems ,Microservices Architecture,RESTfulAPIs,and Service-Oriented Architecture(SOA) withexperiencebuildingscalable,high-throughput applications.

Strongproficiencyin Java,Spring Boot,React.js,Type Script,JavaScript(ES6+),HTML5,andCSS
3.Experiencedevelopingcloud-nativeapplicationson

Azureand/orAWS,includingcontainerizeddeployments.

Hands-onexpertisewith

Kafka,Kubernetes,Rancher,Istio,Apigee,Jenkins/Cloud Bees,Git Lab,andCI/CD pipelines.

Strong understanding of softwaredesignpatterns,application architecture,resiliency,security,observability,monitoring,andreliabilityengineering.

Experienceimplementingautomatedtestingframeworksincluding Jest,React Testing Library ,Cypress,and Playwright.

KnowledgeofAI/MLapplicationdevelopment,including

Generative AI,LLMs,RAG,AgenticAI,Lang Chain,Lang Graph,Semantic Kernel,MCP,Azure

OpenAI,OpenAI,Anthropic,or Gemini.

Provenabilitytoleadcomplexinitiativesin Agileand Dev Ops environments ,influencetechnicaldirection,andcollaborateeffectivelywithcross-functional stakeholders.

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…