Lead Software Engineer - API, AI, and Agentic Gateway Platform
U.S. Bank
Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL Posted Discovered via the company's careers siteMatch locked
Full time8+ years exp
About the role
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.
About the Team
The Platform Engineering team designs, builds, and operates secure, compliant, and scalable API, AI, and cloud-native platforms that power digital services across the organization. We function as a platform engineering organization, enabling domain teams to accelerate delivery through self-service infrastructure, strong governance, and automation-first design.
We partner closely with Cloud Engineering, IAM, Information Security, Networking, and FinOps teams to ensure our platforms meet regulatory expectations while delivering a high-quality developer experience. Our mission is to enable secure, standardized, and high-performance platform ecosystems across hybrid and multi-cloud environments while enforcing enterprise standards through automation and policy-driven controls.
In this role you will lead Enterprise API Solution Engineering in building the API, AI, and Agentic Gateway Platform.
Job Responsibilities
- Lead the design, engineering, and operation of scalable API, AI, and cloud-native platform solutions supporting enterprise business domains.
- Architect and manage enterprise API gateway platforms including Apigee, AWS API Gateway, and Azure API Management.
- Develop and maintain API proxies, shared flows, gateway policies, and GraphQL services to enable secure, high-performance integrations.
- Build and enhance Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) and automation frameworks to support platform provisioning, governance, and lifecycle management.
- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines and self-service deployment capabilities that improve developer productivity and platform adoption.
- Drive security, compliance, and governance standards, including OAuth 2.0, JWT, mTLS, RBAC, audit logging, and policy-as-code controls.
- Design resilient multi-cloud networking and connectivity solutions, including private endpoints, load balancing, disaster recovery, and traffic management.
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, incident management, and cross-functional collaboration with Cloud, Security, IAM, Networking, and FinOps teams.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
- Six to eight years of relevant experience
Preferred Skills & Experience
•
Expertise in Platform Engineering, API Gateway Engineering, and Cloud Infrastructure
within large-scale enterprise environments.
- Strong hands-on experience with
Apigee (Hybrid/OPDK)
, including
Platform Architecture, API Proxy Development, Deployment, Operations, and Performance Optimization
.
- Advanced knowledge of
API Security
, including
OAuth 2.0, JWT, API Keys, Mutual TLS (mTLS), Secure Token Flows, and Threat Protection Controls
.
- Experience with
Kubernetes
platforms (
AKS, EKS, GKE
),
Containerized Applications
, and
Cloud-Native Architectures
.
- Proficiency with
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
and automation tools including
Terraform, Helm, and Ansible
.
- Strong understanding of
Networking and Traffic Management
, including
DNS, TCP/IP, TLS, Load Balancing, Azure Application Gateway, Azure Front Door, ALB, NLB, and F5 BIG-IP
.
- Experience implementing
CI/CD Pipelines
,
DevOps
,
Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
practices, and
Observability Platforms
such as
Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, and Datadog
.
- Hands-on experience with
Identity & Access Management (IAM)
,
Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD)
,
HashiCorp Vault
,
Azure Key Vault
, and
Enterprise Authentication & Authorization
frameworks.
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: $126,820.00 - $149,200.00
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.
Skills
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