Sr. Group Application Engineering Manager - Fleet Payments Platform

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.

Job Description

Are you passionate about building high-performing teams, modernizing legacy systems, and delivering real value to customers? Do you lead with empathy and purpose, dream in Java, think in microservices, and have a growth mindset? If so, we want you to join our mission to transform how we build and technology products that drive real customer value.
We’re looking for a Software Engineering Manager who thrives in a product operating model—someone who can lead with heart, think strategically, and roll up their sleeves when needed. You’ll be the kind of leader who builds trust, empowers teams, and makes work fun while delivering exceptional outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple teams of engineers collaborating with product managers, designers, and agilists in a modern “quad” structure.

• Champion modernization efforts—think Java, React, APIs, microservices, cloud-native architecture, and continuous delivery.

• Drive product discovery and experimentation to validate ideas before building.

• Keep your team close to the customer—understand their pain points, fuel innovation, and deliver delightful experiences.

• Foster a culture of transparency with clear OKRs, roadmaps, and performance metrics.

• Promote engineering excellence through pairing, cross-training, and inner sourcing.

Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
- 10 or more years of experience with developing and implementing applications
- Eight or more years of experience with major tasks, deliverables, formal methodologies and disciplines for delivering new or enhanced applications

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Proven experience leading software engineering teams in a product-centric, agile environment.

• Hands-on experience with Java, microservices, and modern software architecture.

• A track record of driving modernization and transformation initiatives.

• Experience in credit card payments - Preferred.

• Experience around DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud platforms.

• Strong communication skills—you can translate tech-speak into business value and vice versa.

• A passion for mentoring, coaching, and helping others grow.

• A bias for action, a love for learning, and a sense of humor.

• Believe that transparency, trust, and fun are non-negotiables in team culture.

Location Expectations

The role offers a hybrid/flexible schedule, which means there's an in-office expectation of 3 or more days per week and the flexibility to work outside the office location for the other days.

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 (some may vary based on role, location or hours):

• 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

U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants withou