Software Engineer 2 (TravelBank)

About the role

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best — helping customers and businesses make better financial decisions and enabling communities to grow and succeed. TravelBank is a fast‑paced, innovative company where talented, passionate people build exceptional products, guided by a mission to craft best‑in‑class experiences through collaboration, trust, and communication. This position is responsible for the analysis, design, testing, development, and maintenance of best‑in‑class software experiences. The candidate is a self‑motivated individual who collaborates across the organization, takes ownership of software artifacts adhering to U.S. Bank standards, and is adept with the agile software development lifecycle and DevOps principles.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, operate, and maintain products
• Take full‑stack ownership by consistently writing production‑ready, testable code
• Create optimal designs adhering to architectural best practices, considering scalability, reliability, and performance
• Analyze failures, propose design changes, and drive operational improvements
• Make sound design and coding decisions with customer experience as the priority
• Incorporate feedback from code reviews to meet standards
• Conduct code reviews to guide engineering best practices and compliance with development procedures
• Ensure all aspects of product development follow compliance and security best practices
• Embed software reliability engineering standards into development practices
• Embrace emerging technologies and contribute to best practices supporting the bank’s technology transformation
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Critically review tasks for appropriate prioritization and sizing; anticipate and communicate blockers before escalation

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience
• Three to five years of relevant experience

Skills

• Strong experience developing in JavaScript, TypeScript, and Node.js
• Architecting and implementing high‑performing software applications
• Strong understanding of MongoDB and non‑relational database modeling
• Proficiency with a modern front‑end framework such as Ember or React
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/CloudBees) and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)
• Experience with cloud service providers (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud)
• Experience with SQL and relational database modeling
• Adept with agile software development lifecycle and DevOps principles
• Ability to create and maintain technical documentation for APIs (e.g., Swagger) and components
• Able to mentor and coach engineers of all skill levels

Schedule

This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week.

Benefits

• 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 (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

Pay

Pay Range: $105,400.00 – $124,000.00 (primary location; actual range may differ based on role location). 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 subject to eligibility requirements).