U.S. Bank

Software Engineering Manager 3 (Credit Card Processing Systems )

U.S. Bank$126K — $149K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
  • 6-8 years of relevant technical experience
  • 5+ years leading a software engineering team
  • Experience in engineering leadership and managing technical teams
  • Strong understanding of credit card processing and transaction platforms
  • Expertise in cloud platforms and mainframe modernization
  • Experience with microservices architecture and Agile methodologies

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor software engineers and architects
  • Define and execute technology roadmaps for payment platforms
  • Drive modernization of legacy systems to cloud-native architectures
  • Establish architecture governance and best practices
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver compliant solutions
  • Lead Agile Scrum teams to align priorities and execution
  • Guide technical decisions and strategies for observability and reliability

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, vision)
  • Life insurance options
  • Short-term and long-term disability plans
  • Parental leave and pregnancy disability coverage
  • 401(k) with employer contributions
  • Generous paid vacation policy
  • Multiple paid holidays
  • Adoption assistance and sick leave accruals
Full Job Description
Job Description

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.

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.

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

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

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