Software Engineering Manager - Hybrid; On-Site

Software Engineering Manager 3 (Java + GenAI - Healthcare Payments)

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, enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed in the right ways, all more confidently and more often-that's what we call the courage to thrive. 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. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at-all from Day One. As a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Bank, Elavon is committed to building the platforms and ecosystems that help over 1.5 million customers around the world to achieve their financial goals-no matter what they need.

From transaction processing to customer service, to driving innovation and launching new products, we're building a range of tailored payment solutions powered by the latest technology. As part of our team, you can explore what motivates and energizes your career goals: partnering with our customers, our communities, and each other.

Job Description

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Software Engineers, Technical Leads, and Architects, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Own the end-to-end delivery of healthcare payments applications and platforms, ensuring alignment with business objectives, quality standards, and customer outcomes.
• Drive the design and implementation of Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs, and Event-Driven Architectures to support scalable enterprise solutions.
• Establish and enforce engineering standards, technical governance, Agile delivery practices, and secure software development methodologies.
• Champion adoption of AI‑assisted software development tools to improve code generation, testing automation, documentation quality, and engineering productivity.
• Lead cloud modernization initiatives, including Kubernetes, containerization, CI/CD automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and platform engineering best practices.
• Ensure operational excellence by improving system reliability, resiliency, observability, incident management, performance monitoring, and service‑level objectives (SLOs).
• Partner with Product, Architecture, Security, Infrastructure, and business stakeholders to define technology strategy, manage risk, and deliver strategic initiatives.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
• Six to eight years of relevant technical experience
• Five or more years of leading a software engineering team

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Software Engineering Leadership experience leading, coaching, and developing high‑performing engineering teams, including workforce planning, talent development.
• Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, Microservices, Event‑Driven Architecture, and Domain‑Driven Design (DDD) for large‑scale enterprise applications.
• Experience designing, building, and supporting distributed systems with a focus on scalability, resiliency, performance, and maintainability.
• Proven success delivering complex applications in cloud environments, including AWS, Azure, or GCP, leveraging cloud‑native architecture principles.
• Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD Pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Git‑based Development, and Platform Engineering practices.
• Experience developing and modernizing Java‑based applications using AI‑assisted engineering tools, including Generative AI.