Software Engineer 1 - Mainframe (Cobol)
About The Position
This position is responsible for analyzing, designing, testing, developing, and maintaining software experiences. The engineer collaborates with a team and across the organization, takes responsibility for software artifacts, and follows U.S. Bank standards to minimize impact to the customer experience. The role calls for familiarity with the agile software development lifecycle and DevOps principles. The position requires working from a U.S. Bank location three or more days per week. The stated pay range is $86,360 to $101,600; actual pay may differ depending on location. U.S. Bank offers a comprehensive benefits package, subject to eligibility requirements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
- Two to three years of relevant experience.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Ability to communicate processes and results with product-team participants, including engineers, product owner, scrum master, third-party vendors, and customers.
- Ability to define and fulfill solution requirements for end users.
- Understanding of a feature, its purpose, and the users and flows it affects.
Nice To Haves
- Strong technical knowledge and skills in COBOL, DB2, JCL, and VSAM.
- Familiarity with agile software development lifecycle and DevOps principles.
- Proficient understanding of algorithms, data structures, architectural design patterns, and best practices.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, operate, and maintain products.
- Take full-stack ownership by writing production-ready, testable code.
- Create optimal designs that follow architectural best practices and account for scalability, reliability, and performance.
- Analyze failures, propose design changes, and encourage operational improvements.
- Make sound design and coding decisions with customer experience in mind.
- Apply feedback from code reviews to meet standards.
- Conduct code reviews and guide adherence to engineering best practices and development procedures.
- Ensure product development follows compliance and security best practices.
- Apply software reliability engineering standards in development.
- Embrace emerging technologies and contribute to best practices supporting the bank’s technology transformation.
- Contribute to innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Critically review tasks, prioritize and size them for incremental delivery, and communicate blockers and delays proactively.
Benefits
- Healthcare coverage, including medical, dental, and vision.
- Basic term and optional term life insurance.
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
- Pregnancy disability and parental leave.
- 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan.
- Paid vacation of two to five weeks, depending on salary grade and tenure.
- Up to 11 paid holidays.
- Adoption assistance.
- Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 hours worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law.
- Incentive and recognition programs.
- Equity stock purchase, 401(k) contribution, and pension, subject to eligibility requirements.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
