Sr Software Engineer (API & MCP Governance and Enablement)

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.

This position will be responsible for the analysis, design, testing, development and maintenance of best in class software experiences. The candidate is a self-motivated individual who can collaborate with a team and across the organization. The candidate takes responsibility of the software artifacts produced adhering to U.S. Bank standards in order to ensure minimal impact to the customer experience. The candidate will be adept with the agile software development lifecycle and DevOps principles. Essential Responsibilities: - Responsible for designing, developing, testing, operating and maintaining products  - Takes full stack ownership by consistently writing production-ready and testable code  - Consistently creates optimal design adhering to architectural best practices; considers scalability, reliability and performance of systems/contexts affected when defining technical designs  - Performs analysis on failures, propose design changes, and encourage operational improvements  - Makes sound design/coding decisions keeping customer experience in the forefront  - Takes feedback from code review and apply changes to meet standards  - Conducts code reviews to provide guidance on engineering best practices and compliance with development procedures  - Accountable for ensuring all aspects of product development follow compliance and security best practices  - Exhibits relentless focus in software reliability engineering standards embedded into development standards  - Embraces emerging technology opportunities and contributes to the best practices in support of the bank’s technology transformation  - Contributes to a culture of innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement  - Reviews tasks critically and ensures they are appropriately prioritized and sized for incremental delivery; anticipates and communicates blockers and delays before they require escalation Basic Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience - Five to six years of relevant experience Preferred Skills/Experience 5+ years of experience in API Governance, API Architecture, API Product Management, Developer Enablement, Solution Architecture, Technology Risk, or related disciplines . Strong knowledge of REST APIs, OpenAPI Specifications, API Lifecycle Management, API Versioning, Authentication, Authorization, and Error Handling Standards . Experience defining and implementing API standards, design guidelines, governance frameworks, and lifecycle controls across enterprise environments. Proven ability to drive adoption of technical standards through developer coaching, consultation, workshops, and enablement programs . Understanding of GenAI Enablement, Responsible AI Practices, AI Risk Controls, AI Gateways, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) concepts. Ability to translate complex security, privacy, compliance, architecture, and risk requirements into clear, actionable engineering guidance. Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience creating technical documentation, standards, training materials, decision records, and executive summaries . Preferred experience with API Management Platforms (Apigee, Azure API Management, AWS API Gateway, Solo.io or similar), API Developer Portals , AI Agents , and work within regulated financial services environments . Location expectations   This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more