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Fosters a culture of empowerment, engineering excellence, and growth.ResponsibilitiesLead and develop a team of software engineers delivering Underwriting/ACAPS capabilities.Drive execution of engineering modernization roadmaps, ensuring alignment with business priorities, customer needs, and enterprise technology strategies with clear business outcomesPartner with Product Management, Architecture, Security, and Operations teams to deliver scalable, resilient, and secure cloud-native solutions.Establish and enforce engineering best practices including Agile delivery, CI/CD, DevSecOps, automated testing, observability, and SRE principles.Oversee API platform development, integration services, microservices architecture, and partner ecosystem connectivity.Monitor platform performance, availability, reliability, and operational excellence while driving continuous improvement initiatives.Manage hiring, coaching, performance management, succession planning, and career development for engineering talent.Lead technology modernization efforts focused on cloud adoption, digital transformation, automation, and engineering efficiency.Basic Qualifications - Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience - Eight or more years of relevant software engineering experience - Five or more years of experience leading a software engineering team Preferred Skills/ExperienceStrong software engineering experience with 5+ years leading engineering teams in banking, fintech, payments, or digital platforms.Strong experience building and managing large-scale Digital Banking platforms.Hands-on expertise with cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, and cloud-native architectures.Proven experience delivering microservices, REST APIs, event-driven architectures, and high-volume transaction processing systems.Deep knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and platform observability tools.Strong understanding of financial services security, authentication, OAuth/OIDC, API governance, risk controls, and regulatory compliance.Experience leading cross-functional teams using Agile, Scrum, SAFe, or product-centric delivery models.Excellent executive communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills with the ability to influence technical and business decisions.Experience Building AI driven decision automation while delivering efficiencies with a clear business outcome.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:Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)Basic term and optional term life insuranceShort-term and long-term disabilityPregnancy disability and parental leave401(k) and employer-funded retirement planPaid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)Up to 11 paid holiday opportunitiesAdoption assistanceSick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by lawU.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. 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