Software Engineering Director 2 - Developer Experience

U.S. Bank; Hopkins (MN); On-site; USD 164,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking a Software Engineering Director who combines technical depth with strategic vision. You will design, develop, implement and test technical products, and mentor engineers while partnering with leaders to drive agile delivery and business value.

This role requires a Bachelor's degree, 10+ years of software engineering experience, and 6+ years leading multiple teams in a large financial services environment with cloud-native architectures and developer platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience required.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• 6+ years leading multiple software engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, implement and test a set of technical products.
• Cultivate and grow technical talent across teams.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders and remove obstacles.
• Act as agile/product champion to empower teams and deliver business value.
• Foster empowerment, engineering excellence, and growth across the organization.

Skills

Enterprise platform leadership

DevOps experience

Cloud-native architectures

Developer Experience

Platform engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience

10+ years of relevant software engineering experience

6+ years leading multiple software engineering teams

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

Software Engineering Director exhibits a mix of technical acumen, strategy and vision, along with the ability to cultivate and grow technical talent. Responsible for designing, developing, implementing and testing a set of technical products in response to an external or internal need. Manager is an advanced technologist enabling strong coding practices and solid design decisions. Builds meaningful relationships with relevant stakeholders and effectively partners to remove organizational obstacles and guide cross-team strategic efforts. Acts as agile/product champion by enabling product teams and partnering with other leaders to drive empowerment, autonomy, engineering momentum, and business value. Fosters a culture of empowerment, engineering excellence, and growth.

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
• 10 or more years of relevant software engineering experience
• Six or more years of experience leading multiple software engineering teams

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Proven experience delivering software and platform capabilities within a large Financial Services organization.
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise developer platform, DevOps, platform engineering, or Developer Experience organizations.
• Strong understanding of modern software development practices, cloud-native architectures, and software delivery platforms.
• Experience with Internal Developer Portals, including Backstage or comparable developer platform technologies.
• Experience implementing and scaling inner sourcing models and engineering community engagement.
• Experience partnering with senior executives and influencing enterprise-wide technology strategy.
• Strong understanding of cloud engineering and modern platform architectures.
• Demonstrated ability to lead large-scale organizational and technology transformation initiatives.

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:

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: $164,390.00 - $193,400.00

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.