Principal Systems Engineer - Enterprise API Platform & GraphQL Engineering

U.S. Bank; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

401(k) and employer-funded retirement

Paid vacation

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking a senior API Platform Engineer to act as the technical SME for the enterprise API ecosystem. You will design and deliver secure, scalable API gateway solutions across Apigee OPDK, Apigee Hybrid on Azure, and Apollo GraphQL platforms.

Lead modernization efforts including migrations, governance, and security controls such as OAuth 2.0, JWT, and mTLS. Mentor engineers and drive automation via GitLab CI/CD, Kubernetes, and Ansible.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• 7+ years in a total IT environment.
• 7+ years in design, development and support of technology infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Act as technical SME for enterprise API ecosystem.
• Design and deliver secure API gateway solutions.
• Lead API platform modernization and cloud migrations.

Skills

API platform leadership

Security best practices

DevSecOps

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Apigee OPDK

Apigee Hybrid on Azure AKS

Apollo GraphQL

Kubernetes

GitLab CI/CD

Ansible

Python

Bash

GitOps

Datadog

Job description

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.

What You’ll Do

Act as the technical SME for our enterprise API ecosystem, leading engineering efforts across Apigee OPDK, Apigee Hybrid (Azure), and Apollo GraphQL platforms. Design and deliver secure, scalable, and highly available API gateway solutions that support critical business applications. Lead API platform modernization initiatives, including Apigee On-Prem to Apigee Hybrid migrations and cloud-native platform adoption. Drive GraphQL platform strategy, architecture, and optimization utilizing Apollo Federation, Apollo Router, and schema governance. Implement enterprise API security controls including OAuth 2.0, JWT, mTLS, traffic management, and API governance standards. Automate platform deployments and operations using GitLab CI/CD, Kubernetes, Helm, Ansible, and Infrastructure as Code. Improve platform reliability through monitoring, observability, incident response, performance tuning, and capacity planning. Partner with Architects, Security, Infrastructure, and Development teams while mentoring engineers and advancing AI-driven engineering practices.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience
• At least 7 years of experience within a total information technology (IT) environment
• At least 7 years of experience with the design, development and support of technology infrastructure

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Experience administring and engineering Apigee OPDK (On-Prem) including API management, proxy development, traffic management, analytics, and platform administration.
• Experience engineering and supporting enterprise platforms, middleware, API management solutions, cloud infrastructure, or distributed application environments.
• Hands-on expertise deploying and supporting Apigee Hybrid on Azure AKS/Kubernetes environments.
• Strong experience with Apollo GraphQL, including Federation, Router, schema design, governance, and performance optimization.
• Deep knowledge of API security including OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT, mTLS, and enterprise security best practices.
• Experience building and supporting cloud-native platforms using Kubernetes, Helm, containers, and Azure services.
• Strong automation and DevSecOps skills utilizing GitLab CI/CD, Ansible, Python, Bash, and GitOps methodologies.
• Experience with observability platforms such as Datadog, distributed logging, monitoring, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).
• Proven ability to lead large-scale platform engineering initiatives, influence architecture decisions, and mentor technical teams.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship

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.

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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: $119,765.00 - $140,900.00 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.