Senior Software Engineer - API

U.S. Bank; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,600,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Bancorp India is seeking a Senior Backend/API Engineer to design, develop, and maintain robust APIs for enterprise financial applications.

You will lead API integration across multiple teams, collaborate with architects, product managers, analysts, and designers, and ensure security and compliance while delivering scalable, backward-compatible solutions in a microservices environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience.
• 6+ years of software engineering experience with a focus on backend/API development.
• Strong understanding of RESTful and GraphQL API design and implementation.
• Experience with microservice architecture and containerized deployments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable APIs to support enterprise-level financial applications.
• Lead planning and execution of API integration across multiple teams, ensuring backward compatibility with legacy structures.
• Collaborate with architects, product managers, analysts, and designers to align technical solutions with business strategy.
• Contribute to front-end integration efforts using React.js or similar frameworks as needed.

Skills

Backend API development

Java

Spring Boot

REST APIs

GraphQL

Microservices

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

OpenAPI/Swagger

React.js

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Istio

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

OpenAPI/Swagger

Job description

At U.S. Bancorp India, we’re on a journey to do our best. 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. Bancorp India 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 Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable APIs to support enterprise-level financial applications.
• Participate in the design and implementation of a complex hierarchical system, ensuring backward compatibility with legacy structures.
• Collaborate with architects, product managers, analysts, and designers to align technical solutions with business strategy.
• Lead planning and execution of API integration across multiple teams, ensuring seamless adoption of new hierarchy models.
• Contribute to front-end integration efforts using React.js or similar frameworks as needed.
• Ensure code quality through testable, production-ready development and adherence to security and compliance standards.
• Take initiative in identifying technical needs, proposing solutions, and guiding team members in best practices.
• Communicate effectively across technical and non-technical stakeholders to drive clarity and alignment.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 6+ years of software engineering experience, with a focus on backend/API development.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Expertise in RESTful and GraphQL API development using Java and Spring Boot.
• Experience with microservice architecture and containerized deployment (Docker, Kubernetes, Istio).
• Familiarity with cloud-agnostic design principles and hybrid environments.
• Integration experience with RDBMS and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB).
• Exposure to streaming platforms such as Kafka.
• Proficiency in CI/CD tools (Maven, Jenkins) and API documentation standards (OpenAPI/Swagger).
• Experience integrating APIs with modern JavaScript SPAs (React.js preferred).
• Strong understanding of agile development and DevOps principles.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to work independently and lead technical planning efforts.

Success in This Role Includes:

• Gaining a deep understanding of both legacy and new hierarchy systems.
• Delivering a clear implementation plan for APIs and potential UI components.
• Establishing cross-team collaboration to support system-wide updates and integration

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.

Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants. This is an U.S. Bancorp India posting. U.S. Bancorp India is a part of the U.S. Bank family.

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.