Software Engineering Manager 3 (Credit Card Processing Systems )

U.S. Bank; Town of Brookfield (WI); On-site; USD 127,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

401(k)

Paid vacation

Holiday leave

Adoption assistance

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking a senior technology leader to guide architecture strategy and modernization across credit card platforms. You will drive cloud-native transformations, establish standards, and mentor multiple Agile teams to deliver scalable payment solutions.

The role focuses on securing governance, risk compliance, and collaboration with product, security, and operations to align tech investments with business goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• Six to eight years of relevant technical experience.
• Five or more years of leading a software engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor high-performing software engineers and architects.
• Define and execute architecture strategy, roadmaps, and modernization initiatives for credit card processing platforms.
• Drive transformation of legacy/mainframe-based payment systems to cloud-native, microservices-based architectures.
• Establish architecture standards, governance practices, solution review processes, and engineering best practices.
• Partner with Product, Infrastructure, Security, Operations, and Risk teams to deliver scalable, resilient, and compliant payment solutions.
• Lead multiple Agile Scrum teams, ensuring alignment of priorities, execution, and delivery of business value.
• Guide solution architecture decisions, API strategies, integration patterns, observability, and reliability engineering practices.
• Champion DevSecOps, CI/CD automation, cloud adoption, and engineering operational excellence.
• Manage technical risks, platform resiliency, security requirements, and regulatory compliance for payment systems.
• Influence cross-functional stakeholders and senior leadership on technology investments, modernization strategies, and architectural direction.

Skills

Software leadership

Architecture strategy

Cloud-native

Microservices

DevSecOps

CI/CD automation

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Java/Spring Boot

Mainframe modernization

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

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.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor high-performing software engineers and architects, supporting technical growth, career development, and engineering excellence.
• Define and execute architecture strategy, technology roadmaps, and modernization initiatives for credit card processing platforms.
• Drive transformation of legacy/mainframe-based payment systems to cloud-native, microservices-based architectures.
• Establish architecture standards, governance practices, solution review processes, and engineering best practices.
• Partner with Product, Infrastructure, Security, Operations, and Risk teams to deliver scalable, resilient, and compliant payment solutions.
• Lead multiple Agile Scrum teams, ensuring alignment of priorities, execution, and delivery of business value.
• Guide solution architecture decisions, API strategies, integration patterns, observability, and reliability engineering practices.
• Champion DevSecOps, CI/CD automation, cloud adoption, and engineering operational excellence.
• Manage technical risks, platform resiliency, security requirements, and regulatory compliance for payment systems.
• Influence cross-functional stakeholders and senior leadership on technology investments, modernization strategies, and architectural direction.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
• Six to eight years of relevant technical experience
• Five or more years of leading a software engineering team

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Engineering leadership experience managing technical teams.
• Experience leading architecture, engineering strategy, and large-scale technology delivery initiatives.
• Strong experience delivering complex enterprise applications in Agile environments.
• Credit card processing, payments, transaction processing, authorization, clearing, settlement, or issuer platforms.
• Mainframe modernization experience, including migration of legacy applications to cloud-native solutions.
• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and cloud migration strategies.
• Microservices architecture, API design, event-driven systems, and distributed applications.
• Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, OpenShift, containerization, and modern application frameworks.
• Enterprise architecture governance, solution design, platform engineering, and technical roadmapping.
• DevSecOps, CI/CD automation, observability, monitoring, resiliency, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).
• Experience building and leading teams transitioning from mainframe technologies to cloud-based architectures.
• Strong knowledge of Agile, Scrum, SAFe, engineering delivery practices, and technology transformation programs.
• Exceptional leadership, stakeholder management, communication, coaching, and organizational influence skills.

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

• 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.

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Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.

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: $126,820.00 - $149,200.00 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.

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.