Senior Solutions Architect

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

Be a part of transformational change where integrity matters, success inspires and great teams collaborate and innovate. As the fifth-largest bank in the United States, we’re one of the country's most respected, innovative, ethical and successful financial institutions.

U.S. Bank is seeking a Solution Architect with strong strategic analysis capabilities and extensive enterprise technology experience to advance our technology initiatives. In this role, you will oversee the research, design, development, and integration of cutting-edge technology solutions that support our business strategy and objectives. You will work closely with engineering teams, product owners, and business stakeholders to establish IT frameworks, deliver effective design solutions, and facilitate development and release activities to achieve business goals. You will also provide expert guidance and consultation throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with organizational priorities.

This position is responsible for the analysis, design, testing, development, and maintenance of high-quality software experiences. The ideal candidate is a self-driven professional who collaborates effectively within teams and across the organization, taking ownership of software deliverables and ensuring they adhere to U.S. Bank standards to minimize impact on the customer experience.

Successful applicants will exemplify US Bank's ethical principles of uncompromising integrity, respect for others, accountability for decisions and actions, and good citizenship.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the architecture and design of complex, distributed systems and applications, focusing on scalable, low-latency solutions such as microservices, cloud-native, and event-driven architectures.
• Collaborate with engineering managers, technical teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to define and drive technical strategy, vision, and improvements to the technology stack and customer experience.
• Champion high standards of engineering excellence, operational best practices, and continuous improvement.
• Provide strong technical leadership, mentorship, and foster effective team collaboration.
• Align people, processes, and technology to enhance the end-to-end ecosystem and deliver outstanding customer experiences.
• Adapt quickly in a dynamic environment, prioritizing tasks to meet evolving business needs.
• Demonstrate expertise as a full stack engineer and proven experience as a Software Architect, with a focus on cloud-based solutions—preferably Microsoft Azure and related services.
• Apply DevOps practices and tools for continuous integration and deployment.
• Maintain a solid understanding of security best practices, especially within financial services and regulatory compliance contexts.

Required Skills/Experience:

• Polyglot developer with full stack hands-on expertise in Java, Spring Boot, microservices, Kafka, Kubernetes, front-end (ReactJS, JavaScript), and database (SQL Server, Oracle, NoSQL) with versatility across multiple languages.
• Cloud and DevOps: Practical experience with Microsoft Azure (AKS, Functions, Storage) and familiarity with AWS; skilled in CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps) and modern DevOps practices.
• Architecture and scalability: Proven ability to design and evolve distributed, cloud-native systems with high scalability, reliability, and security.
• Technical leadership: Experience mentoring engineers, driving technical decisions, and collaborating with enterprise architects to align on design.
• Solution delivery: Ability to translate complex business requirements into effective technical solutions, create architecture artifacts, and advocate design rationale.
• Modern engineering practices: Proficient in design patterns, SOLID principles, and building maintainable, low-latency systems.
• Communication and collaboration: Clear communicator, able to influence across teams and articulate technical concepts effectively.

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Extensive experience in financial services, with deep knowledge of KYC/AML frameworks, regulatory compliance, and enterprise-scal