Lead Software Engineer

U.S. Bank; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 133,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401(k)

Paid vacation

Holidays

Adoption assistance

Sick leave

Parental leave

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking a senior software engineer to design, develop, test, and maintain full-stack applications. You will own features end-to-end and work across teams to deliver scalable, secure software in an agile environment.

The role requires strong expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript, Ember, Node.js, RESTful APIs, and database experience with PostgreSQL or MongoDB, plus Git workflows and test automation. Hybrid work is available; onsite three days weekly.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• Six to eight years of relevant experience.
• Experience with Software Engineering best practices.
• Building Databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB) and optimizing queries.
• 5+ years of software development experience.
• Deep knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Ability to build complex apps using Ember.
• Experience with RESTful APIs and http services using NodeJS / TypeScript.
• Writing tests (unit, integration, e2e).
• Experience with GIT version control - git flow development.
• Ability to communicate in English on a day to day basis.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional partners and independently drive projects and decisions.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, operate and maintain products.
• Takes full stack ownership by writing production-ready and testable code.
• Create optimal designs with focus on scalability, reliability and performance.
• Analyze failures, propose design changes, and drive improvements.
• Make sound design decisions keeping customer experience in mind.
• Incorporate feedback from code reviews to meet standards.
• Conduct code reviews to guide engineering best practices and compliance.
• Ensure compliance and security best practices across development.
• Support bank’s technology transformation with new tech opportunities.
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement.

Skills

JavaScript / TypeScript

Ember

RESTful APIs

NodeJS / TypeScript

Testing

Git

Communication

Agile / DevOps

Database design

Security best practices

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience

Tools

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Git workflows

Job description

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 DevOps principles.

Essential Responsibilities

• Responsible for designing, developing, testing, operating and maintaining products
• Takes full stack ownership by consistently writing production-ready and testable code
• Consistently creates optimal design adhering to architectural best practices; considers scalability, reliability and performance of systems/contexts affected when defining technical designs
• Performs analysis on failures, propose design changes, and encourage operational improvements
• Makes sound design/coding decisions keeping customer experience in the forefront
• Takes feedback from code review and apply changes to meet standards
• Conducts code reviews to provide guidance on engineering best practices and compliance with development procedures
• Accountable for ensuring all aspects of product development follow compliance and security best practices
• Exhibits relentless focus in software reliability engineering standards embedded into development standards
• Embraces emerging technology opportunities and contributes to the best practices in support of the bank’s technology transformation
• Contributes to a culture of innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement
• Reviews tasks critically and ensures they are appropriately prioritized and sized for incremental delivery; anticipates and communicates blockers and delays before they require escalation

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience
• Six to eight years of relevant experience

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Experience with Software Engineering best practices
• Previous experience with building Databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB), writing and optimizing database queries
• 5+ years of software development experience
• Deep knowledge of JavaScript / TypeScript
• Ability to build complex apps using Ember
• Experience with RESTful APIs and http services using NodeJS / TypeScript
• Writing tests (unit, integration, e2e)
• Experience with GIT version control - git flow development
• Ability to communicate in English on a day to day basis
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional partners and independently drive projects and decisions

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

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
• Basic term and optional term life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Pregnancy disability and parental leave
• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
• Adoption assistance
• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law
• Review our full benefits available by employment status here.

U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, and other factors protected under applicable law.

E-Verify U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories. The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about the E-Verify program.

The salary range reflects figures based on the primary location, which is listed first. The actual range for the role may differ based on the location of the role. In addition to salary, U.S. Bank offers a comprehensive benefits package, including incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase 401(k) contribution and pension (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements).

Pay Range: $133,365.00 - $156,900.00

U.S. Bank will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment.

U.S. Bank conducts background checks consistent with applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act as well as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

U.S. Bank is subject to, and conducts background checks consistent with the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA). In addition, certain positions may also be subject to the requirements of FINRA, NMLS registration, Reg Z, Reg G, OFAC, the NFA, the FCPA, the Bank Secrecy Act, the SAFE Act, and/or federal guidelines applicable to an agreement, such as those related to ethics, safety, or operational procedures.

Applicants must be able to comply with U.S. Bank policies and procedures including the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and related workplace conduct and safety policies.

Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.

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.