Principal Systems Engineer - Enterprise API Platform & GraphQL Engineering

U.S. Bank

Hopkins, MN; Atlanta, GA Posted Oct 3, 2026Discovered via the company's careers siteMatch locked

Full time7+ 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.

What You'll Do

Act as the technical SME for our enterprise API ecosystem, leading engineering efforts across

Apigee OPDK, Apigee Hybrid (Azure), and Apollo GraphQL

platforms.

Design and deliver secure, scalable, and highly available API gateway solutions that support critical business applications.
Lead API platform modernization initiatives, including

Apigee On-Prem to Apigee Hybrid migrations

and cloud-native platform adoption.

Drive GraphQL platform strategy, architecture, and optimization utilizing

Apollo Federation, Apollo Router, and schema governance

Implement enterprise API security controls including

OAuth 2.0, JWT, mTLS, traffic management, and API governance standards

Automate platform deployments and operations using

GitLab CI/CD, Kubernetes, Helm, Ansible, and Infrastructure as Code

Improve platform reliability through monitoring, observability, incident response, performance tuning, and capacity planning.
Partner with Architects, Security, Infrastructure, and Development teams while mentoring engineers and advancing AI-driven engineering practices.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
At least 7 years of experience within a total information technology (IT) environment
At least 7 years of experience with the design, development and support of technology infrastructure

Preferred Skills/Experience

Experience administring and engineering

Apigee OPDK (On-Prem)

including API management, proxy development, traffic management, analytics, and platform administration.

Experience engineering and supporting enterprise platforms, middleware, API management solutions, cloud infrastructure, or distributed application environments .
Hands-on expertise deploying and supporting

Apigee Hybrid on Azure AKS/Kubernetes

environments.

Strong experience with

Apollo GraphQL

, including Federation, Router, schema design, governance, and performance optimization.

Deep knowledge of

API security

including OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT, mTLS, and enterprise security best practices.

Experience building and supporting

cloud-native platforms

using Kubernetes, Helm, containers, and Azure services.

Strong automation and DevSecOps skills utilizing

GitLab CI/CD, Ansible, Python, Bash, and GitOps

methodologies.

Experience with observability platforms such as

Datadog

, distributed logging, monitoring, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).

Proven ability to lead large-scale platform engineering initiatives, influence architecture decisions, and mentor technical teams.

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.

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Skills

graphql

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