Software Engineering Manager 3 (Hogan Banking Platform)

U.S. Bank; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 133,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

Paid vacation

401(k)

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking an experienced engineering leader to oversee a team responsible for Hogan-based core banking applications.

You will drive design, delivery, support, and modernization initiatives across the Hogan ecosystem. Partner with business leaders and tech stakeholders to translate banking requirements into scalable solutions, establish best practices, ensure stability, and guide modernization and platform transformation.

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, mentor, and develop a team of engineers responsible for Hogan-based core banking applications.
• Drive application development, enhancement, integration, and production support across Hogan ecosystem.
• Partner with business leaders to translate banking requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Establish engineering best practices, development standards, and quality controls.
• Oversee stability, incident management, and continuous service improvement for banking platforms.
• Lead modernization efforts and platform transformation initiatives.
• Collaborate with enterprise architecture, security, and vendor teams to support objectives.
• Manage project delivery, budgeting, risk management, and stakeholder communications.

Skills

Leadership experience

Stakeholder collaboration

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience

Tools

COBOL

JCL

CICS

DB2

VSAM

IBM z/OS

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

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineers responsible for the design, delivery, support, and modernization of Hogan-based core banking applications.
• Drive the successful execution of application development, enhancement, integration, and production support initiatives across the Hogan ecosystem.
• Partner with business leaders, product owners, and technology stakeholders to translate banking requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Establish engineering best practices, development standards, operational processes, and quality controls to ensure reliable system performance.
• Oversee application stability, incident management, problem resolution, and continuous service improvement for business-critical banking platforms.
• Lead modernization efforts, identifying opportunities to improve architecture, automation, operational efficiency, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with enterprise architecture, infrastructure, security, and vendor teams to support strategic technology and business objectives.
• Manage project delivery, resource planning, budgeting, risk management, and stakeholder communications while fostering a culture of accountability and innovation.

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

• Strong expertise supporting and leading technology teams within a Hogan core banking environment.
• Deep understanding of core banking systems, banking operations, customer servicing, deposits, lending, payments, and financial services technology.
• Experience with mainframe technologies including COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, and IBM z/OS environments.
• Proven success leading engineering teams responsible for large-scale, highly available, mission-critical applications.
• Experience delivering application modernization, integration, and platform transformation initiatives within regulated environments.
• Strong knowledge of Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, automation, application lifecycle management, and software engineering best practices.
• Ability to build strong partnerships with business stakeholders, architects, operations teams, and executive leadership.
• Excellent leadership, communication, coaching, strategic planning, and talent development 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.

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: $133,365.00 - $156,900.00

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.