Lead Software Engineer (Front-End Engineer)

Us Bank; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 127,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

401(k) and retirement plan

Paid vacation

11 paid holidays

Adoption assistance

Sick and Safe Leave

Job summary

U.S. Bank in Charlotte is seeking a senior software engineer to lead design, development, testing and maintenance of scalable software across backend and frontend, in an agile environment.

You will build backend services with Node.js/TypeScript and frontend UI with React/TanStack, design REST/GraphQL APIs, apply DDD/Hexagonal architectures, and deploy cloud-native solutions on AWS. Collaborating with product, security and compliance teams, you will mentor peers and ensure reliability,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience is required.
• 6–8 years of relevant software development experience.
• Experience with domain-driven design and modern architectures is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of scalable architectures using DDD and Hexagonal patterns.
• Develop backend services with Node.js/TypeScript and React front-ends.
• Build and maintain RESTful and GraphQL APIs.
• Deliver PWAs with offline capabilities and service workers.
• Collaborate with product, security, and compliance teams.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

React

TanStack

DDD / Hexagonal Architecture

Event-driven architecture

REST & GraphQL APIs

Education

Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience

Tools

AWS

EKS

S3

PostgreSQL

IndexedDB/Dexie

SQLite

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

• Lead the design and implementation of scalable, domain-driven architectures leveraging DDD, Hexagonal Architecture, and functional programming principles

• Develop and maintain high-performance backend services using Node.js and TypeScript, ensuring business correctness, reliability, and idempotent operations

• Build modern, responsive web applications using React and TanStack, optimized for performance, scalability, and offline-first user experiences

• Architect and deliver Progressive Web Applications (PWA) using Service Workers and Workbox to enable offline functionality and background synchronization

• Design, develop, and integrate RESTful and GraphQL APIs aligned to business capabilities rather than data models

• Implement robust event-driven architectures, including background job processing and distributed workflow orchestration

• Build and manage data synchronization protocols for distributed, intermittently connected systems, ensuring consistency and resilience

• Design and manage both client-side and server-side data persistence, including IndexedDB/Dexie, SQLite, and PostgreSQL

• Ensure data integrity through idempotency, conflict resolution, and reconciliation strategies

• Deploy and manage cloud-native solutions on AWS, including IAM, EKS, S3, SQS, SNS, API Gateway, and Cognito

• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, security, and compliance teams to ensure alignment with business and regulatory requirements

• Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code and drive engineering excellence through best practices, code reviews, and mentorship

Basic Qualifications

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

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Expertise in Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and Hexagonal / Clean Architecture

• Strong backend development experience with Node.js and TypeScript

• Proficiency in modern frontend development using React and TanStack

• Experience building Progressive Web Apps (PWA) and offline-first applications (Service Workers, Workbox)

• Deep knowledge of API design (REST and GraphQL) and scalable service integration

• Hands-on experience with event-driven architectures, asynchronous processing, and distributed systems

• Strong background in data modeling and persistence (PostgreSQL, IndexedDB/Dexie, SQLite) with focus on idempotency and data consistency

• Experience deploying and managing applications on AWS (EKS, S3, SQS, SNS, IAM, Cognito, API Gateway)

• Experience building or integrating machine learning models, vector databases, embeddings, or RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipelines

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

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following:

• 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: $126,820.00 - $149,200.00

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.