Sr Software Engineer (API & MCP Governance and Enablement)

U.S. Bank; Hopkins (MN); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Dental & Vision

Life Insurance

Short-term & Long-term disability

401(k) plan

Paid vacation

11 paid holidays

Adoption assistance

Sick leave

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking a Sr Software Engineer to lead API governance and MCP enablement across multiple locations, including Hopkins, MN. The role emphasizes designing, testing, and maintaining state-of-the-art API experiences with a strong standards mindset.

You will own end-to-end API lifecycle, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive secure, scalable solutions aligned with bank policies and risk controls. Hybrid work and active collaboration are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• 5–6 years of relevant API/governance experience.
• Strong knowledge of REST APIs and OpenAPI.
• Experience with API standards and lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, operate and maintain API governance solutions.
• Lead full-stack development with production-ready code.
• Ensure compliance and security best practices across products.
• Provide guidance via code reviews and developer enablement.

Skills

API Governance

API Architecture

API Product Management

Developer Enablement

Solution Architecture

Technology Risk

Governance Frameworks

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Apigee

Azure API Management

AWS API Gateway

Solo.io

Job description

## Sr Software Engineer (API & MCP Governance and Enablement)Apply: Chicago, IL: Atlanta, GA: Hopkins, MN: Irving, TX: Full time: Posted 2 Days Ago: End Date: September 25, 2026 (4 days left to apply): 2026-0029043At 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 - Five to six years of relevant experience**Preferred Skills/Experience*** **5+ years** of experience in **API Governance, API Architecture, API Product Management, Developer Enablement, Solution Architecture, Technology Risk, or related disciplines**.* Strong knowledge of **REST APIs, OpenAPI Specifications, API Lifecycle Management, API Versioning, Authentication, Authorization, and Error Handling Standards**.* Experience defining and implementing **API standards, design guidelines, governance frameworks, and lifecycle controls** across enterprise environments.* Proven ability to drive adoption of technical standards through **developer coaching, consultation, workshops, and enablement programs**.* Understanding of **GenAI Enablement, Responsible AI Practices, AI Risk Controls, AI Gateways, and Model Context Protocol (MCP)** concepts.* Ability to translate complex **security, privacy, compliance, architecture, and risk requirements** into clear, actionable engineering guidance.* Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience creating **technical documentation, standards, training materials, decision records, and executive summaries**.* Preferred experience with **API Management Platforms** (Apigee, Azure API Management, AWS API Gateway, Solo.io or similar), **API Developer Portals**, **AI Agents**, and work within **regulated financial services environments**.**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 lawReview 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.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.**