Senior Software Engineer

Zions Bancorporation’s Enterprise Technology and Operations (ETO) team is transforming what it means to work for a financial institution. With a commitment to technology and innovation, we have been providing our community, clients and colleagues the best experience possible for over 150 years. Help us transform our workforce of the future, today.

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join Zions Bancorporation.  As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be the primary software engineering expert on a small Agile team dedicated to product ionizing machine learning applications and systems ’ll design, build, and maintain production systems that support the team’s data and machine learning initiatives. You'll have the opportunity to shape the technical foundation the team will build upon for years to come.

The Senior Software Engineer will:

The Senior Software Engineer establishes and evolves the team’s engineering practice, including SDLC, CI/CD, testing, and containerization. In this role, you'll be expected to perform many engineering activities, including one or more of the following:

Design, build, and operate reliable, scalable backend services and APIs.Define reliability targets for production systems and design services to meet them.

Make and document architectural decisions that balance reliability, maintainability, and project timelines.

Establish team standards for code review, testing, branching, release management, and documentation.

Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, environments, and container-based deployment practices.

Collaborate as part of a cross-functional Agile team and provide mentorship on production engineering practices.

Required Qualifications:

6+ years of professional software engineering experience, including building and operating production services.

Strong proficiency in at least one backend language such as Python, Java, Go, or Kotlin.

Solid understanding of API design and distributed systems fundamentals.

Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and container-based deployment using Docker and Kubernetes.

Experience instrumenting production services with metrics, structured logging, tracing, and alerting using tools such as Splunk or Grafana.

Preferred Qualifications:

Exposure to machine learning systems or ML infrastructure.

Experience with streaming platforms like Kafka.

Experience with workflow orchestration or data platforms such as Airflow, Databricks, or Spark.

Experience in financial services or other regulated environments.

Experience with GCP and infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform.

Visa Sponsorship:

This position is currently not eligible for employment visa sponsorship (e.g., H-1B visa). This includes, for example, situations where a candidate may have temporary work authorization while enrolled in school or upon graduation (e.g., CPT, OPT) but would need H-1B visa sponsorship within a few years of employment in order to maintain employment eligibility.

Location:

This position has a hybrid work from home schedule with a minimum of three days per week in the office at the new Zions Technology Center in Midvale, UT.Zions Technology Center - 7860 South Bingham Junction Blvd, Midvale, UT 84047.The Zions Technology Center is a 400,000-square-foot technology campus in Midvale, Utah. Located on the former Sharon Steel Mill superfund site, the sustainably built campus is the company’s primary technology and operations center.

This modern and environmentally friendly technology center enables Zions to compete for the best technology talent in the state while providing team members with an exceptional work environment with features such as:

Electric vehicle charging stations and close proximity to Historic Gardner Village UTA TRAX station.

At least 75% of the…