Engineering Manager (Integrations Platform)

Zions Bank; Midvale (UT); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Zions Bancorporation’s Enterprise Technology and Operations (ETO) team is transforming technology for a financial institution. The Engineering Manager (Integrations Platform) will lead and mentor an engineering team, guiding the design, development, and implementation of enterprise initiatives, APIs, and integrations.

The role balances hands-on technical contributions with leadership, ensuring safety, compliance, and delivery against strategic objectives while driving modern delivery practices

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field.
• 6+ years of engineering leadership experience managing teams.
• Experience with backend architectures (Java, Python, or Node.js).
• Front-end UI experience with React.
• Design, development, and securing RESTful and SOAP services and system integrations.
• Cloud deployments (Azure, GCP, or AWS) with Kubernetes, containers, and IaC (Terraform preferred).
• Strong DevOps lifecycle knowledge with automated security scanning and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and mentor the engineering team and support professional development.
• Oversee design, development, and implementation of enterprise initiatives, full-stack apps, UIs, APIs, and integrations.
• Contribute technically as a player-coach, review code and designs while delivering projects.
• Maintain a clear technology vision with current and target-state architectures and debt reduction roadmaps.
• Promote modern delivery practices with CI/CD, automated testing, and DevSecOps controls.
• Foster a culture of psychological safety, ownership, and cross‑training across stacks.
• Ensure safety, security, and compliance with internal policies and banking regulations.
• Create and manage department budgets and ensure financial process adherence.
• Handle hiring, performance management, and address performance gaps.

Skills

Technical leadership

CI/CD

DevSecOps

REST APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

GitHub Copilot

Claude Code

Job description

Engineering Manager (Integrations Platform)

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 an Engineering Manager (Integrations Platform) to join Zions Bancorporation. The Engineering Manager will lead and manage a dynamic engineering team, overseeing the design, development, and implementation of business initiatives and technologies across the department and broader organization. This Engineering Manager acts as a player-coach, balancing leadership responsibilities with hands‑on technical contributions, and serves as the primary contact for projects requiring technical resources. This position plays a critical role in ensuring the safety, soundness, and compliance of developed products, while driving organizational effectiveness and efficiency by delivering against strategic objectives

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and mentor the engineering team, providing guidance and support for professional development


• Oversee the design, development, and implementation of business initiatives, enterprise full-stack applications, user interfaces, APIs, and integrations designed to eliminate manual efforts.


• Act as a player‑coach, contributing technically to codebases, solution designs, and code reviews while managing team performance and project delivery.


• Own and advance a clear technology vision, maintaining documented current and target-state architectures and executing disciplined technical debt reduction roadmaps.


• Drive the adoption of modern delivery practices, ensuring CI/CD, automated testing, progressive deployment, and DevSecOps controls are baseline operational standards.


• Cultivate a team culture of psychological safety, high ownership, and accountability, mitigating single points of failure (SPOFs) through cross‑training across front‑end and back‑end stacks.


• Ensure the safety, soundness, and compliance of developed products with internal security policies, risk controls, and banking regulations.


• Create and manage department/area budgets, ensuring adherence to financial processes and deadlines.


• Responsible for hiring, performance management, and addressing performance gaps proactively.


• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.


• 6+ years of experience within engineering disciplines with a strong history of technical leadership, supervision, or management. A combination of education and experience may meet qualifications.


• Experience managing and contributing to backend architectures built with Java, Python, or Node.js.


• Experience managing and building modern frontend user interfaces with React technologies.


• Experience in designing, developing, and securing RESTful services, SOAP-based services, and system integrations.


• In-depth experience managing systems deployed to cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, GCP, or AWS) utilizing Kubernetes, containerized environments, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred).


• Advanced knowledge across the DevOps lifecycle, with hands‑on experience enforcing automated security scanning, vulnerability checks, and CI/CD pipelines.


• Experience utilizing and managing engineering teams that leverage agentic coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex) to optimize productivity.


• Demonstrated ability to present to and engage senior IT and business executives with credibility and effective cross‑functional communication.

Location

This position is fully in office (5 days a week) at the 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 building is powered by on‑site renewable solar energy.


• Access to outdoor recreation, parks, trails, shareable bikes and locker rooms.


• Large modern cafe with a healthy and diverse menu.


• Healthy indoor environment with ample natural light and fresh air.


• LEED-certified sustainable building that features include the use of low VOC-emitting construction materials.


• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance - START DAY ONE!


• Life and Disability Insurance, Paid Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance


• Health Savings (HSA), Flexible Spending (FSA) and dependent care accounts


• Paid Training, Paid Time Off (PTO) and 11 Paid Federal Holidays


• 401(k) plan with company match, Profit Sharing, competitive compensation in line with work experience


• Mental health benefits including coaching and therapy sessions


• Tuition Reimbursement for qualifying employees


• Employee Ambassador preferred banking products

This position will be open until filled.

All candidates, including those with criminal histories will be considered for employment. However, a background check adjudicated consistently with the FDIC Section 19 regulation will be completed on any candidate who accepts a conditional job offer from the Company. Because the Company is a financial institution, the FDIC guidelines apply to all positions within the company and as such any and all job duties have a direct relationship to a candidate’s criminal history and that criminal history would need to align with the FDIC Section 19 regulations.

Zions Bancorporation, National Association prohibits illegal discrimination and reaffirms its policy of providing Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), by extending equal employment and advancement opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, gender, disability, national origin, ethnic background, citizenship, protected veteran status, military service, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

It is the Company’s policy not to discriminate because of a person’s relationship or association with a protected veteran. This includes spouses and other family members. Also, Zions will safeguard the fair and equitable treatment of protected veteran spouses and family members with regard to all employment actions and prohibit harassment of applicants and employees because of their relationship or association with a protected veteran.

Applicants Requesting Accommodations: If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career site. You can request reasonable accommodations by contacting us at [e-mail] or 801/844-7618. Please email your resume/cover letter, indicate what position you are interested in and include "Accommodation needed" in the subject line to ensure your information is routed to the appropriate contact.

Zions Bank a division of Zions Bancorporation, N.A. Member FDIC