Senior Data Engineer

U.S. Bank; Hopkins (MN); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 141,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead the MIR Data Platform, delivering high-performance relational data structures and enabling reporting and audit use cases.

You will design, implement, and operate data solutions in a collaborative, enterprise environment. The role emphasizes working with SQL Server, Memory-Optimized Tables, and SQL Service Broker, while contributing to cloud-readiness and modernization efforts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft SQL Server (SQL Server 2019/2022 preferred) in enterprise, high-volume environments.
• Proven ability to design and implement complex, high-performance relational data structures, including metadata-driven and workflow-centric schemas.
• Practical experience with SQL Service Broker, including queue usage and basic operational troubleshooting.
• Working knowledge of Memory-Optimized Tables (In-Memory OLTP) and associated performance and concurrency considerations.
• Medium-level experience with .NET / C#, specifically for efficient database interaction and debugging data-access issues.

Responsibilities

• Data Engineering & Modeling: design, implement, and maintain data structures within the MIR Data Layer.
• Build and evolve metadata-driven schemas supporting reporting and analytics use cases.
• Apply established MIR data patterns and contribute improvements over time.
• High-Performance & Scalable Data Design: implement data solutions for large-scale workloads.
• Leverage Memory-Optimized Tables for performance-critical paths under guidance.
• Event-driven Processing: implement and support event-driven data processing within the MIR Data Layer.
• Work with SQL Service Broker queues and services, ensuring idempotent, traceable processing.
• Reporting & Audit Enablement: build structures for enterprise reporting without impacting transactions.
• Cloud Migration & Modernization: contribute to cloud-readiness efforts and migrations.
• Operational Excellence: debug production issues and participate in on-call rotations.

Skills

SQL Server

Relational data design

Service Broker

Memory-Optimized Tables

.NET / C#

Cloud SQL platforms

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

SQL Server 2019/2022

SQL Service Broker

Memory-Optimized Tables

AWS RDS

Azure SQL

.NET/C#

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

Be a part of transformational change where integrity matters, success inspires and great teams collaborate and innovate. As the fifth-largest bank in the United States, we’re one of the country’s most respected, innovative, ethical and successful financial institutions. We’re looking for people who want more than just a job – they want to make a difference! U.S. Bank is seeking a Software Engineer who will contribute toward the success of our technology initiatives in our digital transformation journey. The Senior Data Engineer 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 to ensure minimal impact to the customer experience. The candidate will be adept with the agile software development lifecycle and DevOps principles.

The Senior Data Engineer is responsible for building, enhancing, and operating the MIR Data Platform in partnership with the MIR Technical Architect.

This role focuses on implementing high‑performance, relational data solutions, supporting event‑driven processing, enabling reporting and audit use cases, and contributing to the platform’s cloud‑readiness journey.

The ideal candidate is a hands‑on Senior Data Engineer with strong SQL Server expertise who is comfortable working in high‑volume, workflow‑driven environments, debugging complex data issues, and growing into deeper architectural ownership over time.

Key Responsibilities:

• Data Engineering & Modeling

• Design, implement, and maintain logical and physical data structures within the MIR Data Layer

• Build and evolve metadata‑driven schemas supporting:

• Reporting and analytics use cases

• Apply established MIR data patterns while contributing improvements over time.

• High‑Performance & Scalable Data Design

• Implement data solutions that support large‑scale, concurrent workloads

• Optimize schemas, indexes, and access patterns to improve throughput and latency

• Leverage Memory‑Optimized Tables (In‑Memory OLTP) for performance‑critical paths where appropriate, under architectural guidance

• Event driven & Asynchronous Processing

• Implement and support event‑driven data processing within the MIR Data Layer

• Work with SQL Service Broker queues and services, including:

• Help ensure event processing is idempotent, traceable, and operationally reliable

• Reporting & Audit Enablement

• Build data structures that enable enterprise reporting and analytics without impacting transactional workloads

• Support snapshotting and reporting‑friendly schemas for downstream consumers

• Assist in ensuring audit data is accurate, consistent, and compliant with regulatory expectations

• Cloud Migration & Modernization

• Contribute to cloud‑readiness efforts for the MIR Data Layer

• Support migration and proof‑of‑concept work targeting:

• Help adapt data designs to managed‑platform constraints while preserving performance and correctness

• Operational Expectations:

• Debug and resolve complex production issues, including:

• Partner closely with DBAs, SRE, and platform teams to:

• Participate in on‑call rotations or escalation coverage as appropriate for a senior‑level role

• Ensure new data‑layer implementations meet operability and supportability standards before release

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience

• 5 + years of relevant experience

Required Skills & Experience:

• Strong hands‑on experience with Microsoft SQL Server (SQL Server 2019/2022 preferred) in enterprise, high‑volume environments

• Proven ability to design and implement complex, high‑performance relational data structures, including metadata‑driven and workflow‑centric schemas

• Practical experience with SQL Service Broker, including queue usage and basic operational troubleshooting

• Working knowledge of Memory‑Optimized Tables (In‑Memory OLTP) and associated performance and concurrency considerations

• Medium‑level experience with .NET / C#, specifically for:

• Efficient database interaction from applications

• Debugging data‑access issues between application and database layers

• Demonstrated ability to debug and resolve production data issues, including:

• Experience supporting reporting and analytics sourced from transactional systems

• Solid understanding of database operations and maintenance, including indexing, statistics, and capacity considerations

• Exposure to cloud‑managed SQL platforms (AWS RDS and/or Azure SQL) with awareness of differences from on‑prem SQL Server

This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week.

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: $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.