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, enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed in the right ways, all more confidently and more often—that’s what we call the courage to thrive. 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. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.
As a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Bank, Elavon is committed to building the platforms and ecosystems that help over 1.5 million customers around the world to achieve their financial goals—no matter what they need. From transaction processing to customer service, to driving innovation and launching new products, we’re building a range of tailored payment solutions powered by the latest technology. As part of our team, you can explore what motivates and energizes your career goals: partnering with our customers, our communities, and each other.
Job DescriptionU.S. Bank is seeking a Senior Technology Architect with strategic analysis and enterprise-wide technology experience to contribute toward the success of our technology initiatives.
Lead the architecture, design, and governance of enterprise payment, gateway, and digital transaction platforms.
Develop scalable solution architectures supporting cloud modernization, API-first strategies, and distributed systems.
Define architecture standards, technology roadmaps, reference architectures, and engineering best practices.
Partner with business, product, security, and engineering teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
Provide technical leadership for complex integrations across internal platforms, third-party vendors, fintech partners, and payment networks.
Drive application resiliency, high availability, performance optimization, and operational excellence across critical systems.
Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend innovative solutions that improve scalability, automation, security, and customer experience.
Mentor engineers and architects while influencing strategic technology decisions across multiple portfolios and initiatives.
Basic Qualifications
-Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
-At least 10 years experience with the concepts, philosophies and tools behind the design of applications, information and underlying information technologies.
-At least 10 years experience with developing and implementing applications.
Preferred Skills/Experience
Enterprise Architecture experience designing large-scale, mission-critical technology platforms.
Strong expertise in Payments, Merchant Services, Payment Gateways, or high-volume transaction processing systems.
Deep knowledge of Cloud Architecture (AWS, Azure, or GCP), cloud-native design patterns, and container-based platforms.
Experience designing and governing API, Microservices, and Event-Driven Architectures.
Strong understanding of Security Architecture, authentication, authorization, encryption, and risk management principles.
Expertise with System Integration, third-party vendor connectivity, and enterprise service platforms.
Experience with High Availability, disaster recovery, observability, performance engineering, and reliability practices.
Excellent Technical Leadership, stakeholder management, solution consulting, and architecture governance skills.
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
- At least 10 years experience with application, information and IT design concepts and tools
- At least 10 years experience developing and implementing applications
- Enterprise architecture experience designing large-scale mission-critical platforms
- Payments, merchant services, payment gateways or high-volume transaction processing experience
- Cloud architecture experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and cloud-native design patterns
- Designing and governing APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures
- Security architecture knowledge (authentication, authorization, encryption, risk management)
- System integration, third-party vendor connectivity, and enterprise service platform experience
- Experience with high availability, disaster recovery, observability, performance engineering and reliability practices
- Technical leadership, stakeholder management, solution consulting, and architecture governance skills
- Ability to work from a U.S. Bank location three or more days per week
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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