U.S. Bank

Sr. Software Engineer (Java, SpringBoot, Data pipeline design)

U.S. Bank$111K — $131K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • 5-6 years of relevant software development experience
  • Strong expertise in Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
  • Proficient in backend languages like Java, Go, or Scala
  • Hands-on with event-driven architecture and streaming platforms, especially Kafka
  • Experience building REST and GraphQL APIs in microservices
  • Solid understanding of CI/CD and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

  • Design and evolve domain-driven architectures
  • Build and scale high-performance REST/GraphQL APIs and event-driven integrations
  • Drive design decisions for globally distributed systems
  • Ensure production-grade system characteristics like scalability and fault tolerance
  • Enforce secure-by-design principles in software development
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams on architectural alignment
  • Enhance developer productivity through tooling and automation
  • Leverage AI-assisted workflows to accelerate development.

Benefits

  • Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
  • Basic and optional term life insurance
  • Short-term and long-term disability support
  • Pregnancy disability and parental leave
  • 401(k) and employer-funded retirement contributions
  • Paid vacation up to five weeks based on tenure
  • Up to 11 paid holidays
  • Adoption assistance
  • Accrued Sick and Safe Leave.
Full Job Description
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:

  • Design and evolve domain-driven architectures; apply DDD, CQRS, and eventual consistency patterns
  • Build and scale high-performance APIs (REST/GraphQL) and event-driven integrations using streaming platforms
  • Drive system design decisions for globally distributed domains, supporting regionalization and multi-tenant architectures
  • Ensure production-grade systems: scalability, resiliency, observability (metrics/logs/tracing), and fault tolerance
  • Enforce secure-by-design principles (AuthN/AuthZ, zero trust, encryption at rest/in-transit, data governance)
  • Partner with platform, data, security, and infra teams to align on architecture, dependencies, and integration patterns
  • Improve developer productivity via platform tooling, automation, and reduced operational toil
  • Enable AI-assisted engineering workflows (e.g., code generation from domain models) to accelerate API development


Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
- Five to six years of relevant experience

Preferred Skills/Experience

  • Strong experience with Domain-Driven Design (DDD), including domain modeling and bounded contexts
  • Proficiency in one or more backend languages (Java, Go, or Scala)
  • Hands-on experience with event-driven architecture and streaming platforms (e.g., Kafka)
  • Experience building and integrating batch and streaming pipelines (Kafka, Apache Camel, Salesforce integrations; ETL tools such as Apache Hop a plus)
  • Expertise in designing and building REST and GraphQL APIs within microservices architectures
  • Experience applying hexagonal (ports & adapters) architecture for scalable, maintainable services
  • Strong background in data pipeline design (ETL/ELT) and performance optimization in cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP)
  • Solid CI/CD and DevOps practices, including automation, testing, and observability (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana)
  • Experience building secure services with modern AuthN/AuthZ and data protection standards
  • Nice to have: experience in fintech or regulated domains (payments, risk, compliance)
  • Nice to have: exposure to AI/ML or LLM-based systems with focus on reliability and governance


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: $111,605.00 - $131,300.00

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

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U.S. Department of the Treasury is a government agency responsible for promoting economic prosperity and ensuring financial security. The department is responsible for a wide range of activities such as advising on economic and financial issues, encouraging sustainable economic growth, and fostering improved governance in financial institutions.

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