Engineering Manager (Retail Card Payments)

About the role

Zions Bancorporation’s Enterprise Technology and Operations (ETO) team is transforming what it means to work for a financial institution. With a commitment to technology and innovation, we have been providing our community, clients, and colleagues the best experience possible for over 150 years. This is a unique opportunity to build a brand-new engineering team supporting our Retail Card Payments business line and dramatically transition our system landscape to modern technologies that deliver a customer experience that delights.

As the Engineering Manager, you will lead and manage a dynamic, distributed engineering team (including offshore, nearshore, and onshore resources). You will oversee the design, development, and implementation of critical business initiatives across the department. Operating as a "player-coach," you will balance strategic leadership and team building with hands-on technical contributions. You will be empowered to view our ecosystem with a mindset of cloud enablement, automation, and enterprise technology strategy while ensuring the safety, soundness, and compliance of our financial products.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a new engineering team, including recruitment, hiring, onboarding, and ongoing performance management.
• Act as a player-coach by contributing technically while mentoring your team and managing project delivery.
• Drive modernization by championing cloud enablement, CI/CD automation, and modern engineering best practices to transition legacy systems into scalable, future-proof architectures.
• Partner with the business as a technical point of contact for Retail Card Payment initiatives, building strong relationships with product owners, support teams, and business partners.
• Ensure high standards for code quality, system security, and regulatory compliance inherent to the banking industry.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 6+ years of progressive engineering experience, with a strong background in software development and systems architecture (a combination of education and experience may meet requirements).
• Advanced knowledge of engineering, including at least one primary language, framework, or infrastructure domain.
• Proven supervisory or management experience, specifically with a track record of building, scaling, and mentoring engineering teams (including distributed/global teams).
• Experience in cloud enablement of enterprise applications.
• Strong understanding of modern architectural concepts (e.g., microservices, APIs), system design, and the ability to confidently broker technical decisions.
• Demonstrated experience navigating the DevOps lifecycle (building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines).
• Strong collaboration, interpersonal, and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for executive and business stakeholders.

Location

This position is fully in-office (5 days a week) at the Zions Technology Center - 7800 South Bingham Junction Blvd, Midvale, UT 84047.

The Zions Technology Center is a 400,000-square-foot, sustainably built technology campus in Midvale, Utah. Features include:

• Electric vehicle charging stations and close proximity to Historic Gardner Village UTA TRAX station.
• At least 75% of the building powered by on-site renewable solar energy.
• Access to outdoor recreation, parks, trails, shareable bikes, and locker rooms.
• Large modern café with a healthy and diverse menu.
• Healthy indoor environment with ample natural light and fresh air.
• LEED-certified sustainable building using low VOC-emitting construction materials.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance starting day one.
• Life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance.
• Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and dependent care accounts.
• Paid training, paid time off (PTO), and 11 paid federal holidays.
• 401(k) plan with company match, profit sharing, and competitive compensation.
• Mental health benefits including coaching and therapy sessions.
• Tuition reimbursement for qualifying employees.
• Employee Ambassador preferred banking products.