Software Engineer 2 - Digital Assets

Software Engineer

Be a part of transformational change where integrity matters, success inspires and great teams collaborate and innovate. As the fifth-largest bank in the United States, we're one of the country's most respected, innovative, ethical and successful financial institutions. We're looking for people who want more than just a job – they want to make a difference! U.S. Bank is seeking a Software Engineer who will contribute toward the success of our technology initiatives in our digital transformation journey. 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.

Essential Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade services for the Digital Assets and Tokenization platform using Java, Spring Boot, and cloud-native microservices architectures, enabling secure and scalable processing of digital asset and stablecoin transactions
• Engineer high-performance payment processing workflows for stablecoin transfer and settlement
• Build and integrate blockchain connectivity services, APIs, and event-driven architectures that interact with distributed ledger networks, custody platforms, payment rails, and core banking systems
• Design and optimize resilient workflows for real-time transaction monitoring, ledger synchronization, settlement processing, and exception handling across multiple enterprise and blockchain ecosystems.
• Drive best practices in software engineering, including domain-driven design, API-first development, test automation, secure coding, performance optimization, and distributed systems design.
• Design and integrate with Compliance, KYC, KYB systems

Basic Qualifications

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

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Strong expertise in Java, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, and Microservices Architecture.
• Deep understanding of object-oriented design, design patterns, domain-driven design (DDD), and distributed systems.
• Strong experience developing RESTful APIs, event-driven architectures, and asynchronous processing frameworks.
• Extensive experience with Kafka, messaging systems, and high-throughput transaction processing environments.
• Experience building highly available, fault-tolerant, cloud-native applications using Azure and/or AWS.
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, and DevSecOps practices.
• Familiarity with Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies (Ethereum, Hyperledger, Canton, Besu, Corda, or similar).
• Familiarity with Cryptographic Security and Transaction Signing, including public/private key cryptography, digital signatures, MPC (Multi-Party Computation) and secure transaction authorization workflows.
• Familiarity with Custody platform integrations such as Fireblocks, BitGo or similar institutional digital asset custody solutions.

If there's anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.

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

U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, and other factors protected under applicable law.

The salary range reflects figures based on the primary location, which is listed first. The actual range for the role may differ based on the location of the role. In addition to salary, U.S. Bank offers a comprehensive benefits package, including incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase 401(k) contribution and pension (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Pay Range: $98,175.00 - $115,500.00