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Job Description
Overview
The U.S. Bank Spend Management Accounting team is looking for a well-rounded Lead Software Engineer with a track record of building delightful customer experiences at scale. We believe there's a better way for businesses to manage and control expenses. If you are an extraordinary engineering leader who thrives in a fast-growing environment, and if you are equally passionate about technology, people, and thoughtfully crafted products, we'd love to talk to you.
How will you lead?
As a hands-on Lead Software Engineer, you will lead the backend accounting engineering team, driving the technical direction and delivery to manage, support and expand our integrations into external accounting software.
You will drive significant technical initiatives, collaborating with the front-end team, QA, and product team, through the entire software development process: conception, gathering requirements, estimation, development, testing, and deployment.
You will be the technical face of the team. You will be responsible for project investigation, system design, documentation and presentation to the stakeholders for approval and education.
You will work closely with product managers, architects, and fellow engineers to deliver accounting features, improve system performance and contribute to the strategic direction of our accounting platform.
You will generate technical diagrams and documentation for the development team to communicate design options and trade-offs.
You will drive a daily session with the backend team to review tasks critically and ensure they are appropriately prioritized and sized for incremental delivery. You will help the team to break down tasks, plan deliverables, track progress, remove roadblocks, and communicate blockers/delays before they require escalation.
You will write well-tested, readable, and maintainable backend code with the utmost attention to detail, inclusive of performance, scalability, and security.
You will perform root cause failure analysis, propose design changes, and encourage operational improvements.
You will conduct code reviews, promote code quality, and ensure adherence to coding standards. This role is mainly focused on hands-on development.
You will guide and coach other engineers to maximize their technical potential.
Basic qualifications
Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
Six to eight years of relevant experience
Preferred Skills/Experience
Domain knowledge on accounting software such as Intuit QuickBooks, Xero, Sage Intacct, etc., and technical experience with their services and APIs.
4+ years of demonstrated track record on leading projects as a lead backend engineer, with 12+ years of overall software engineering experience.
Experience leading software architecture design for complex distributed systems and applications.
Skilled in designing modern event-driven architecture into the product and driving for the highest standards
Expert in design patterns, software architecture principles, object-oriented programming, Java, Spring Framework, and persistence frameworks and technologies.
Experience with Docker, RESTful web services, and asynchronous programming in microservices and other modern architecture.
Experience with building enterprise software using cloud-based products/services
Strong problem-solving skills, troubleshooting, and debugging skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to function in a demanding environment.
The ability to grasp new product features early in their development cycle when documentation is often limited or unavailable.
Expertise in creating schemas and writing efficient SQL queries on a relational database.
Experience with software monitoring tools such as Splunk, CloudWatch, Datadog, etc.
Experience working in an agile development (Scrum) environment with a customer-centric mindset.
Ability to work independently yet fully collaborate with remote teams, technical leadership, and architects at the company.
Strong business understanding to be able to bridge technical and business priorities.
Clear, concise, and effective verbal and written communicator with ability to explain and evangelize complex ideas clearly across org boundaries.
Location Expectations:
The role offers a hybrid/flexible schedule, which means there's an in-office expectation of 3 or more days per week and the flexibility to work outside the office location for the other days.
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 (https://careers.usbank.com/global/en/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 (some may vary based on role, location or hours):
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.
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 (https://careers.usbank.com/verification-of-eligibility-for-employment) .
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: $139,230.00 - $163,800.00 - $180,180.00
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.
