Software Engineer 2 ( Backend)

U.S. Bank•Irving, TX

19h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Business Banking team is a core team helping to deliver an integrated offering inclusive of banking, payments, and software. This role will make it easy for Small Business Customers to access the full suite of services offered through a combination of digital and human capabilities. The candidate will be working alongside fellow engineers to build digital products and modernize the business banking platform.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience
Three to five years of relevant experience

Nice To Haves

Hands-on backend development using Java (Java EE/Java 8+), Spring Boot, and RESTful API design
Strong experience building scalable microservices with focus on API security (OAuth, JWT) and resilience patterns
Hands-on with cloud-native development on Azure, AWS, or GCP; Kubernetes/container orchestration experience preferred
Proficient in API management & service mesh tools (Apigee, Istio) and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/CloudBees)
Experience with data systems including RDBMS (PostgreSQL, SQL Server) and NoSQL (Cassandra)
Exposure to streaming & event-driven architectures (Kafka, Spark) and modern API paradigms like GraphQL
Strong foundation in Agile/Scrum, DevOps principles, and engineering tools (Git, Jira, automated testing frameworks)
Excellent problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills with ability to translate business needs into technical solutions

Responsibilities

Designing, developing, testing, operating and maintaining products
Taking full stack ownership by consistently writing production-ready and testable code
Consistently creating optimal designs adhering to architectural best practices, considering scalability, reliability, and performance of systems/contexts affected when defining technical designs
Performing analysis on failures, proposing design changes, and encouraging operational improvements
Making sound design/coding decisions keeping customer experience in the forefront
Taking feedback from code review and applying changes to meet standards
Conducting code reviews to provide guidance on engineering best practices and compliance with development procedures
Ensuring all aspects of product development follow compliance and security best practices
Exhibiting relentless focus in software reliability engineering standards embedded into development standards
Embracing emerging technology opportunities and contributing to best practices in support of the bank’s technology transformation
Contributing to a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement
Reviewing tasks critically and ensuring they are appropriately prioritized and sized for incremental delivery; anticipating and communicating 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
Incentive and recognition programs
Equity stock purchase
401(k) contribution and pension