Software Engineering Manager 2 (ACAPS systems)

U.S. Bank • Hopkins, MN

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

Focuses on technological solution delivery by guiding and inspiring strong coding practices and solid software design decisions among their team. Responsible for growing and mentoring engineers as it relates to technical skills and career development. Assists with cross-team strategic efforts, influencing decisions to achieve efficient delivery of business value. Understands cross-team technical roadmaps, advocating new product abilities based on technical strategy and constraints.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
• Five to six years of relevant technical experience
• Three to four years of leading a software engineering team
• Strong technical background in Java-based enterprise applications, service integrations, and relational databases
• Demonstrated success delivering complex initiatives involving multiple dependent systems (e.g., credit bureaus, risk/fraud platforms, downstream booking systems)
• Effective partner to product, risk, compliance, and business stakeholders
• Hands-on engineering leadership style
• Demonstrated management, leadership and interpersonal skills
• Strong people management skills including mentoring and coaching engineers of all skill levels
• Experience architecting and implementing high performing software applications.
• Responsible for application performance, complex APIs and integration across multiple applications.
• Work cross functionally with Product, Design, and other partner teams to deliver well-engineered experiences that delight customers.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading backend or platform engineering teams supporting enterprise‑scale, mission‑critical systems, preferably in financial services, lending, risk, or regulated industries
• Ability to guide architecture and design decisions
• Proven ability to manage delivery in a highly regulated environment
• Experience working with geographically distributed engineering teams

Responsibilities

• Guiding and inspiring strong coding practices and solid software design decisions.
• Growing and mentoring engineers in technical skills and career development.
• Assisting with cross-team strategic efforts and influencing decisions for efficient delivery of business value.
• Understanding cross-team technical roadmaps and advocating for new product abilities based on technical strategy and constraints.
• Architecting and implementing high performing software applications.
• Managing application performance, complex APIs, and integration across multiple applications.
• Working cross-functionally with Product, Design, and other partner teams to deliver well-engineered experiences.
• Balancing feature development with stability, audit readiness, and operational risk in a highly regulated environment.
• Translating business and regulatory needs into executable engineering roadmaps.
• Technical mentorship, code quality, incident management, and production support ownership.
• Managing delivery in a highly regulated environment.

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: Manager