Engineering Manager (Retail Card Payments)

Zions Bancorporation • Midvale, UT

11h • Onsite

About The Position

Zions Bancorporation’s Enterprise Technology and Operations (ETO) team is transforming what it means to work for a financial institution. With a commitment to technology and innovation, we have been providing our community, clients and colleagues the best experience possible for over 150 years. Help us transform our workforce of the future, today. We are seeking a hands-on Engineering Manager to join Zions Bancorporation and build a brand-new engineering team supporting our Retail Card Payments business line. This is a unique opportunity to bring together a team and dramatically transition our system landscape to modern technologies that deliver a customer experience that delights. In this role as the Engineering Manager, you will lead and manage a dynamic, distributed engineering team (including offshore, nearshore, and onshore resources). You will oversee the design, development, and implementation of critical business initiatives across the department. Operating as a "player-coach," the Engineering Manager will balance strategic leadership and team building with hands-on technical contributions. You will be empowered to view our ecosystem with a mindset of cloud enablement, automation, and enterprise technology strategy. Ultimately, you will play a critical role in ensuring the safety, soundness, and compliance of our financial products while driving organizational efficiency.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 6+ years of progressive engineering experience, with a strong background in software development and systems architecture (a combination of education and experience may meet requirements).
• Advanced knowledge of engineering, including at least one primary language, framework, or infrastructure domain.
• Proven supervisory or management experience, specifically with a track record of building, scaling, and mentoring engineering teams (including distributed/global teams).
• Experience in cloud enablement of enterprise applications
• Strong understanding of modern architectural concepts (e.g., microservices, APIs), system design, and the ability to confidently broker technical decisions.
• Demonstrated experience in the cloud enablement of enterprise applications and navigating the DevOps lifecycle (building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines).
• Strong collaboration, interpersonal, and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for executive and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Drive the recruitment, hiring, onboarding, and ongoing performance management of a new engineering team.
• Contribute technically while actively mentoring your team and managing project delivery.
• Champion cloud enablement, CI/CD automation, and modern engineering best practices to transition legacy systems into scalable, future-proof architectures.
• Serve as a technical point of contact for Retail Card Payment initiatives, building strong relationships with product owners, support teams, and business partners.
• Maintain high standards for code quality, system security, and regulatory compliance inherent to the banking industry.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance - START DAY ONE!
• Life and Disability Insurance, Paid Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
• Health Savings (HSA), Flexible Spending (FSA) and dependent care accounts
• Paid Training, Paid Time Off (PTO) and 11 Paid Federal Holidays
• 401(k) plan with company match, Profit Sharing, competitive compensation in line with work experience
• Mental health benefits including coaching and therapy sessions
• Tuition Reimbursement for qualifying employees
• Employee Ambassador preferred banking products

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager