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Job DescriptionAbout the Team
The Platform Engineering team designs, builds, and operates secure, compliant, and scalable API, AI, and cloud-native platforms that power digital services across the organization. We function as a platform engineering organization, enabling domain teams to accelerate delivery through self-service infrastructure, strong governance, and automation-first design.
We partner closely with Cloud Engineering, IAM, Information Security, Networking, and FinOps teams to ensure our platforms meet regulatory expectations while delivering a high-quality developer experience. Our mission is to enable secure, standardized, and high-performance platform ecosystems across hybrid and multi-cloud environments while enforcing enterprise standards through automation and policy-driven controls.
In this role you will lead Enterprise API Solution Engineering in building the API, AI, and Agentic Gateway Platform.
Job Responsibilities
- Lead the design, engineering, and operation of scalable API, AI, and cloud-native platform solutions supporting enterprise business domains.
- Architect and manage enterprise API gateway platforms including Apigee, AWS API Gateway, and Azure API Management.
- Develop and maintain API proxies, shared flows, gateway policies, and GraphQL services to enable secure, high-performance integrations.
- Build and enhance Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) and automation frameworks to support platform provisioning, governance, and lifecycle management.
- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines and self-service deployment capabilities that improve developer productivity and platform adoption.
- Drive security, compliance, and governance standards, including OAuth 2.0, JWT, mTLS, RBAC, audit logging, and policy-as-code controls.
- Design resilient multi-cloud networking and connectivity solutions, including private endpoints, load balancing, disaster recovery, and traffic management.
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, incident management, and cross-functional collaboration with Cloud, Security, IAM, Networking, and FinOps teams.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience
- Six to eight years of relevant experience
Preferred Skills & Experience
- Expertise in Platform Engineering, API Gateway Engineering, and Cloud Infrastructure within large-scale enterprise environments.
- Strong hands-on experience with Apigee (Hybrid/OPDK), including platform architecture, API proxy development, deployment, operations, and performance optimization.
- Advanced knowledge of API Security including OAuth 2.0, JWT, API Keys, mTLS, secure token flows, and threat protection controls.
- Experience with Kubernetes platforms (AKS, EKS, GKE), containerized applications, and cloud-native architectures.Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code and automation tools including Terraform, Helm, and Ansible.Strong understanding of Networking and Traffic Management, including DNS, TCP/IP, TLS, load balancing, Azure Application Gateway, Front Door, ALB, NLB, and F5 BIG-IP.Experience implementing CI/CD, DevOps, and SRE practices, observability solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, Datadog), and production support processes.Hands-on experience with Identity & Access Management, Entra ID (Azure AD) integration, HashiCorp Vault, Azure Key Vault, and enterprise authentication/authorization patterns.
Location expectations
This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week.
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:
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
Review our full benefits available by employment status here.
U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, and other factors protected under applicable law.
E-Verify
U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories. The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about the E-Verify program.
U.S. Bank will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment. U.S. Bank conducts background checks consistent with applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act as well as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. U.S. Bank is subject to, and conducts background checks consistent with the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA). In addition, certain positions may also be subject to the requirements of FINRA, NMLS registration, Reg Z, Reg G, OFAC, the NFA, the FCPA, the Bank Secrecy Act, the SAFE Act, and/or federal guidelines applicable to an agreement, such as those related to ethics, safety, or operational procedures.
Applicants must be able to comply with U.S. Bank policies and procedures including the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and related workplace conduct and safety policies.
Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
- Six to eight years of relevant experience
- Platform engineering, API gateway engineering, and cloud infrastructure experience in large-scale enterprise environments
- Hands-on Apigee Hybrid or OPDK experience, including architecture, proxy development, deployment, operations, and optimization
- Advanced API security knowledge, including OAuth 2.0, JWT, API keys, mTLS, secure token flows, and threat protection
- Kubernetes platform experience with AKS, EKS, or GKE
- Experience with containerized applications and cloud-native architectures
- Proficiency with Terraform, Helm, and Ansible
- Networking and traffic management knowledge, including DNS, TCP/IP, TLS, load balancing, Azure Application Gateway, Front Door, ALB, NLB, and F5 BIG-IP
- CI/CD, DevOps, and SRE experience
- Experience with observability tools including Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, or Datadog
- Production support and incident management experience
- Identity and access management experience, including Entra ID, HashiCorp Vault, Azure Key Vault, and enterprise authentication and authorization patterns
US Bank Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about US Bank and has not been reviewed or approved by US Bank.
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Retirement Support — The package pairs a pension with a matched 401(k), strengthening long‑term financial security. Retirement programs and other financial safeguards are presented as comprehensive.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid vacation, sick time, numerous holidays, and dedicated volunteer hours provide meaningful time away. Additional time off with tenure and options to expand PTO bolster flexibility.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage with HSA/FSA options and wellness resources are described as robust. Health insurance is characterized as top‑notch in multiple descriptions.
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