Software Engineering Manager -2 (Treasury Payment Systems)

U.S. Bank; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 124,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead a team delivering Internet and Electronic Payment solutions. The role focuses on modernizing capabilities, cloud adoption, and secure, scalable architectures for Treasury Payment Systems.

The ideal candidate will have strong people leadership, experience with large enterprise teams, and expertise in Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and microservices within regulated financial services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• Five to six years of relevant technical experience.
• Three to four years of leading a software engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of software engineers supporting Treasury Payment System applications.
• Drive delivery of scalable, secure, and highly available payment solutions.
• Partner with product and business stakeholders to define priorities and execute technology roadmaps.
• Lead modernization initiatives involving cloud, APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
• Ensure application reliability, performance, resiliency, and operational excellence.
• Establish engineering best practices for design, coding, testing, automation, and deployment.
• Manage production support, incident response, root cause analysis, and service improvements.
• Foster Agile delivery practices and continuous improvement across the engineering team.
• Recruit, mentor, and retain top engineering talent while promoting an inclusive, high-performance culture.

Skills

People leadership

Enterprise engineering

Distributed systems

Payment technologies

Stakeholder management

Regulated environments

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Microservices

AWS

Azure

Kafka

CI/CD

DevOps

SQL

Job description

Software Engineering Manager -2 (Treasury Payment Systems)

Sep 24, 2026

$124,355 - $146,300/year

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

U.S. Bank is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead a team responsible for delivering innovative Internet and Electronic Payment solutions. This leader will drive engineering excellence across digital payment platforms, modernize payment capabilities, and partner with product, architecture, security, and business stakeholders to deliver reliable, scalable, and secure payment experiences.

The ideal candidate possesses strong people leadership skills, experience managing enterprise engineering teams, and expertise developing distributed applications and payment technologies within highly regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of software engineers supporting Treasury Payment System applications.
• Drive delivery of scalable, secure, and highly available payment solutions.
• Partner with product and business stakeholders to define priorities and execute technology roadmaps.
• Lead modernization initiatives involving cloud, APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
• Ensure application reliability, performance, resiliency, and operational excellence.
• Establish engineering best practices for design, coding, testing, automation, and deployment.
• Manage production support, incident response, root cause analysis, and service improvements.
• Foster Agile delivery practices and continuous improvement across the engineering team.
• Recruit, mentor, and retain top engineering talent while promoting an inclusive, high-performance culture.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
• Five to six years of relevant technical experience
• Three to four years of leading a software engineering team

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Experience managing and leading software engineering teams.
• Experience supporting payment processing, electronic payments, ACH, or digital banking platforms.
• Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and microservices.
• Experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud technologies.
• Knowledge of event-driven architecture, Kafka, messaging systems , or distributed processing.
• Experience with CI/CD, DevOps, automated testing, and release management.
• Strong understanding of SQL and large-scale transaction processing systems.
• Experience operating within highly regulated financial services environments.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and strategic planning skills.

Location expectations

This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week.

Our benefits include the following:

• 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: $124,355.00 - $146,300.00

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.

U.S. Bank is a leading commercial bank providing innovative financial solutions and personalized services across diverse sectors, recognized for its ethical practices and commitment to inclusivity.

Banking Credit Intermediation Financial Services

Company size 10,001+ employees

Company type Public company

Total funding $991M Post IPO Debt

Momentum

Team growth

Momentum

6% in 12 mo

82,764 employees on LinkedIn

Feb 23 May 26

Employee experience

What it’s like inside

3.2

12,779 reviews

48% would recommend

Culture & values

Culture & values 3.1

Work-life balance

Work-life balance 3.4

Career opportunities

Career opportunities 3.0

Compensation & benefits 3.3

Capital

Funding history

Post IPO Debt - U.S. Department of the Treasury $55M

Sep 2023

Post IPO Debt - Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group $936M

Aug 2023

Footprint

Where they work

Headquarters Minneapolis, MN

800 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55402, US 425 Walnut St, Cincinnati, OH 45202, US