Senior Technology Architect – Cloud & Payments Platform

U.S. Bank; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking a Senior Technology Architect to contribute to technology initiatives across enterprise payments and digital platforms. You will lead architecture, governance, and collaboration with business and engineering teams to translate requirements into scalable solutions.

The role emphasizes cloud modernization, API-first design, and high availability, with a focus on security and performance. You will mentor engineers and influence strategic decisions across portfolios.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required.
• 10+ years in designing applications and information technologies.
• Experience developing and implementing applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, and governance of enterprise payment, gateway, and digital transaction platforms.
• Develop scalable solution architectures for cloud modernization and API-first strategies.
• Define architecture standards, roadmaps, reference architectures, and engineering best practices.
• Partner with business, product, security, and engineering to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Provide technical leadership for complex integrations across internal platforms and vendors.
• Drive resiliency, high availability, performance, and operational excellence.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Cloud Architecture

APIs & Microservices

Security Architecture

System Integration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

U.S. Bank is seeking a Senior Technology Architect to contribute to technology initiatives across enterprise payments and digital platforms. You will lead architecture, governance, and collaboration with business and engineering teams to translate requirements into scalable solutions.

The role emphasizes cloud modernization, API-first design, and high availability, with a focus on security and performance. You will mentor engineers and influence strategic decisions across portfolios.