Software Engineer 1 (Java, Linux, SQL)

US Bank; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking a software professional to analyze, design, test, develop and maintain top-tier software products. You will own full stack development, write production-ready code, and ensure compliance and security best practices across the lifecycle.

Candidates should have 2–3 years of relevant experience, expert Java and Spring Boot skills, and familiarity with shell scripting, GitLab, SQL and Linux. Role requires on-site work at a U.S. Bank location in the Minnesota area.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• 2–3 years of relevant software development experience.
• Expert-level coding skills with Java and Spring Boot.
• Experience with DevOps: containers, CI/CD, automation, security.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, operate and maintain software products.
• Full stack ownership and production-ready code delivery.
• Adhere to architectural standards focusing on scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Conduct code reviews and apply feedback to meet standards.
• Ensure compliance and security best practices across development.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Shell Scripting

GitLab

SQL

Linux

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
• Two to three years of relevant experience

Preferred Skills/Experience

Expert-level Coding Skills in Java, Spring Boot.

Nice to have knowledge in Shell Scripting , GitLab, SQL and Linux

Functional Testing experience, including ability to create, maintain and execute both manual and automated tests

DevOps capabilities - containers, cloud, automation, security, configuration management, CI/CD

Extensive knowledge in modeling and application design and architecture

Experience in: Unit Testing (including automation and integration with CI systems) and Agile Software Development (typically Scrum, Kanban, SAFe)

Strong understanding of system and network architecture

Ability to identify, resolve, and retest defects

Expert skills in service virtualization, test case modeling, and test data management tools and processes

Location expectations

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 verifica