Senior Software Engineer (Front-end Development/Full Stack)

U.S. Bank; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 132,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

Life insurance

401(k) and retirement plan

Paid vacation and holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking a skilled software engineer to design, develop, test, and maintain enterprise web applications. You will own full-stack delivery, write production-ready code, and ensure scalable and secure designs in an agile DevOps environment.

Candidate should have strong frontend skills (React, JavaScript) and backend familiarity (Java/Spring Boot). Collaboration across teams and adherence to banking compliance are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience; five to six years of relevant experience.
• Experience building scalable, enterprise web apps with micro frontends and Module Federation.
• Hands-on with modern frontend technologies and testing tools.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, operate and maintain products.
• Own full stack delivery with production-ready code.
• Ensure scalable, reliable, and secure software designs.

Skills

React 18+

JavaScript ES6+

REST APIs

Jest

Playwright

Git

CI/CD

Java/Spring Boot

SQL/NoSQL

AI Functions

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jest

Playwright

Git

CI/CD

Java/Spring Boot

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 - Five to six years of relevant experience

Required Skills

React (18.x), JavaScript (ES6+), and modern front‑end development expertise. Experience building scalable, enterprise web applications using micro frontends and Module Federation. Strong skills in HTML, CSS/SCSS, CSS Modules, responsive design, and reusable UI components. Experience with state management using Zustand, React Context, and asynchronous data handling. Proficiency integrating REST APIs, web services, and third‑party platforms using Axios. Knowledge of authentication, MFA integration, and frontend security best practices. Experience developing accessible, WCAG‑compliant, internationalized, and localized applications. Hands‑on experience with Jest, React Testing Library, and Playwright for automated testing. Proficiency with Git for source code management and CI/CD pipelines for deploying code. Familiarity with financial applications, payment systems (ACH, RTP, Wire Transfers), and Java/Spring Boot environments. Familiarity with relational and NoSQL databases. Knowledge of AI Functions.

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

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.

Pay Range

$132,260.00 - $155,600.00

Background checks

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.

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