Software Engineer 1 (Backend UI and AI)

U.S. Bank • Earth City, MO

1d • $86,360 - $101,600 • Hybrid

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience
• Two to three years of relevant experience
• Proficiency in ReactJS, Next.js, and modern JavaScript (ES6+)/Node.js development.
• Proficiency building Micro Frontend architectures and reusable component libraries.
• Proficiency of GraphQL, Apollo Client, Axios, Redux, Context API, and front-end state management.
• Proficiency with HTML5, CSS3, SCSS, Styled Components, and responsive design.
• Experience with Accessibility (WCAG/ADA compliance) and performance optimization.
• Knowledge of web application architecture, design patterns, authentication (JWT), and modern front-end tooling (Webpack, Babel, NPM).
• Experience designing scalable, reliable, and maintainable enterprise applications.
• Strong understanding of Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, and SDLC practices.
• Experience with Jenkins, CloudBees, Git, and Azure DevOps/TFS.
• Ability to produce clear technical designs that consider dependencies, testing, performance, supportability, and failure recovery.
• Commitment to engineering best practices, continuous improvement, and technical modernization.

Nice To Haves

• Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
• Understanding of product strategy, user impact, and business objectives.
• Ability to simplify complex technical and business challenges.

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

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

What This Job Offers

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