Senior Software Engineer (Data Engineering)

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Data Architect / Data Engineer to design, build, and modernize enterprise-scale data platforms that power analytics, AI/ML, fraud detection, regulatory reporting, and business intelligence solutions. The ideal candidate combines strategic architecture expertise with hands-on engineering experience to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performing data solutions.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and implement enterprise-scale data platforms, lakehouse architectures, and data warehouse solutions supporting analytics, AI/ML, fraud detection, and regulatory reporting.

• Build and maintain high-performance batch, streaming, and event-driven data pipelines to process large-scale data workloads.

• Develop and optimize ETL/ELT frameworks using modern cloud-native and big data technologies.

• Create and maintain scalable data models, metadata frameworks, data lineage, and data quality controls to ensure trusted data assets.

• Lead and support cloud migration and modernization initiatives , enabling secure and efficient data platform transformation.

• Partner with architects, software engineers, data scientists, and business stakeholders to deliver reliable and reusable data products.

• Conduct design reviews, establish engineering standards, and mentor team members on data engineering best practices and platform development.

• Ensure compliance with enterprise security, governance, performance, resiliency, and operational excellence requirements.

Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
- Five to six years of relevant experience

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Strong expertise in Databricks, Apache Spark, Scala, PySpark, Delta Lake, and modern distributed data processing frameworks .

• Advanced proficiency in SQL, Python, Oracle, and data engineering best practices for large-scale enterprise environments.

• Experience designing and implementing data warehouses, lakehouse architectures, Medallion architecture, and dimensional data models .

• Hands-on experience building scalable ETL/ELT pipelines, real-time streaming solutions, and event-driven architectures .

• Strong knowledge of Azure and/or AWS cloud platforms , cloud-native services, and data platform modernization strategies.

• Experience implementing data governance, lineage, metadata management, data quality, and compliance controls .

• Prior experience with Actimize platforms (SAM, CCD, UDM, or related solutions) , preferably within Fraud, AML, Risk, or Regulatory Reporting environments.

• Proven ability to develop highly available, fault-tolerant, secure, and performance-optimized data solutions , with strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Location expectations
This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week.

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:

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following:

• 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

Review our full benefits available by employment status here .

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.

E-Verify

U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories. The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about the E-Verify program.

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: $119,765.00 - $140,900.00

U.S. Bank will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment. U.S. Bank conducts background checks consistent with applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act as well as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. U.S. Bank is subject to, and conducts background checks consistent with the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA). In addition, certain positions may also be subject to the requirements of FINRA, NMLS registration, Reg Z, Reg G, OFAC, the NFA, the FCPA, the Bank Secrecy Act, the SAFE Act, and/or federal guidelines applicable to an agreement, such as those related to ethics, safety, or operational procedures.

Applicants must be able to comply with U.S. Bank policies and procedures including the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and related workplace conduct and safety policies.

Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.