Senior Software Engineering Manager - Payments & APIs

U.S. Bank; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

Life insurance

Short-term and long-term disability

Parental leave

401(k) and employer-funded retirement

Paid vacation

Up to 11 paid holidays

Adoption assistance

Sick and Safe Leave accruals

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking a seasoned Software Engineering Leader to guide multiple teams delivering core financial integrations and payments platforms. You will shape architecture, drive reliability, and collaborate with product and business stakeholders to meet customer outcomes.

The role requires hands-on leadership, experience with API and ERP integrations, strong security and compliance know-how, and a proven track record of delivering scalable, high-impact solutions in regulated environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• 5–6 years of relevant technical experience.
• 3–4 years of leading a software engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop multiple Software Engineering teams delivering commercial payments, corporate card, business spend, and financial integration solutions.
• Drive execution of engineering roadmaps, ensuring alignment with product strategy, business priorities, and customer outcomes.
• Guide system architecture, technical design, and engineering best practices across multiple teams.
• Oversee delivery of API, ERP, and third-party system integrations, ensuring scalability, resiliency, and performance.
• Champion SRE principles, operational excellence, and system availability.
• Own production operations, including incident management, on-call readiness, release governance, and service recovery.
• Ensure adherence to security, risk, compliance, and data protection standards in regulated environments.
• Partner with Product, Architecture, and business stakeholders to manage priorities, dependencies, risks, and delivery commitments.
• Build and mentor high-performing engineering teams, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Lead distributed teams, including contractors and vendor partners, to deliver high-quality solutions at scale.

Skills

Engineering leadership

System design

Distributed systems

API integrations

S2S integrations

Enterprise platforms

Production support

Incident response

Release management

Site reliability engineering

Payments tech

Commercial cards

ACH / Money movement

ERP integrations

Security & compliance

Cross-functional leadership

Program management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

Tools

NetSuite

SAP

QuickBooks

Sage Intacct

Xero

Job description

U.S. Bank is seeking a seasoned Software Engineering Leader to guide multiple teams delivering core financial integrations and payments platforms. You will shape architecture, drive reliability, and collaborate with product and business stakeholders to meet customer outcomes.

The role requires hands-on leadership, experience with API and ERP integrations, strong security and compliance know-how, and a proven track record of delivering scalable, high-impact solutions in regulated environments.