At U.S. Bancorp India, we're on a journey to do our best. 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. Bancorp India 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** **Key Responsibilities** **1. Global Engineering Leadership & India Expansion** + Lead and scale a? **high-performing global engineering organization** , including building and expanding the India team supporting Acquisition and Open Banking platforms. + Establish a strong? **engineering culture** ?focused on ownership, quality, innovation, and continuous improvement. + Drive? **talent strategy** ?across hiring, onboarding, mentoring, performance management, and succession planning. + Foster an? **inclusive, accountable environment** ?that promotes collaboration, technical excellence, and leadership growth. **2. Platform Engineering & Architecture (Acquisition & Underwriting)** + Own the design and evolution of? **API-first, event-driven platforms** ?enabling digital acquisition and real-time underwriting. + Architect? **decoupled systems** ?separating customer journeys, decisioning, and core banking platforms to improve scalability and agility. + Establish? **reusable platform capabilities** ?(decisioning, identity, fraud, KYC, and data integration) consumable across products, channels, and partners. + Drive engineering excellence in? **distributed systems, scalability, and secure Open Banking integrations** . **3. Execution, Delivery & Operational Performance** + Lead delivery of the? **product and platform roadmap** ?with clear accountability for business outcomes, quality, and operational stability. + Ensure? **predictable, on-time, and within-budget execution** ?while meeting security, compliance, and reliability standards. + Promote strong engineering practices, including? **high-quality code, sound design decisions, and production stability** . + Proactively manage? **dependencies, risks, and trade-offs** , ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and strategic goals. **4. Technical Leadership & Architectural Governance** + Provide strategic? **architectural direction** , aligning solutions to business needs, enterprise standards, and regulatory requirements. + Ensuredesigns are? **scalable, resilient, maintainable, and testable** , with clear handling of dependencies and failure scenarios. + Lead? **architecture reviews and design forums** , driving consistency and simplification across platforms. + Continuously simplify systems to improve? **speed, reliability, and supportability** . **5. Cross-Functional Strategy & Stakeholder Engagement** + Partner with? **product, business, risk, and architecture leaders** ?to define and deliver acquisition and underwriting capabilities. + Influence roadmap decisions by balancing? **engineering strategy, customer experience, risk, and delivery constraints** .



+ Drive alignment across teams to enable? **efficient, end-to-end value delivery** ?across the ecosystem. + Communicate? **architecture, strategy, and delivery risks** ?clearly to both technical and executive stakeholders. **6. Resiliency, Risk & Operational Excellence** + Define and enforce? **resiliency standards** ?(tiering, SLOs, failover strategies) for mission-critical acquisition and underwriting flows. + Ensure? **high availability and low-latency performance** ?for real-timedecisioningsystems. + Lead? **incident management, root cause analysis, and continuous reliability improvements** ?across the platform. **Technical Scope** The Senior Software Engineering Manager is expected to bring solid? **hands-on technical leadership and credibility** ?in designing and delivering? **modern, distributed, and scalable platforms** . This role leads engineering teams building? **API-first acquisition and Open Banking solutions** , with a focus on? **real-time decisioning, resiliency, performance, and regulatory compliance** . **Core Technical** **Expectations** + Design and build? **highly scalable, resilient, and maintainable distributed systems** , with a strong emphasis on modularity, extensibility, and testability. + Lead development of? **microservices, APIs, SDKs, and front-end components (MFE)** ?using Java, Spring Boot, and modern UI frameworks aligned to API-driven architectures. + Architect? **low-latency, high-throughput platforms** ?to support real-time acquisition flows and credit decisioning workloads. + Enable? **seamless integration across channels and partners** ?through well-defined RESTful APIs and event-driven communication patterns. + Apply? **event-driven architecture principles** ?using Kafka and related streaming technologies to support asynchronous processing and real-time data flows. + Leverage? **cloud-native and container-based platforms** , including Kubernetes, Istio, Rancher, and API gateways (Apigee), to enable scalability, observability, and secure service communication + Establish modern? **DevOps and CI/CD practices** ?using tools such as Jenkins/CloudBeesand GitLab, ensuring automated testing, deployment, and release management. + Enforce best practices in? **source control, code quality, and agile delivery** , driving consistency, speed, and reliability across engineering teams. + Lead troubleshooting and resolution of? **complex production issues** , ensuring rapid recovery, root cause analysis, and continuous system improvement. **Required Qualifications** + Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. + 10+ years of experience designing and delivering? **modern, distributed software systems** .



+ 5+ years of experience? **leading high-performing engineering teams** , including globally distributed/offshore teams. + Provenexpertisebuilding and scaling? **platform-based solutions** ?with measurable business impact. + Demonstrated ability to lead teams in delivering? **complex, multi-stakeholder products** ?in fast-paced, enterprise environments. + Strong understanding of? **software engineering practices, architecture patterns, and enterprise development tools** . + Ability to translate? **business strategy into technology and engineering outcomes** , driving alignment across product, risk, and engineering. + Strong? **analytical, planning, leadership, and communication skills** , with the ability toinfluence acrosstechnical and non-technical audiences. + Proven ability to collaborate effectively with? **engineers, product managers, scrum teams, business stakeholders, and external partners** . **Preferred Qualifications** + Strong domainexpertisein? **customer acquisition, credit underwriting, and Open Banking ecosystems** . + Experience in? **financial services or other highly regulated industries** , with an understanding of risk, compliance, and security requirements. + Advanced knowledge of? **distributed systems,** **microservices** **architecture, API platforms, and event-driven integration patterns** . + Experience leading? **modernization initiatives** , including integrating new platforms with legacy systems in enterprise environments. + Demonstrated ability to balance? **feature delivery, technical debt, and operational reliability at scale** . + Experience with? **cloud-native platforms and engineering ecosystems** ?(Azure, containers, CI/CD, API management). + Relevant certifications in? **Java, Spring, Microservices, or Cloud technologies** ?are a plus. **Leadership Profile** The ideal candidate is a leader who: + Thinks andoperatesat a? **platform and ecosystem level** , considering impacts across domains, customer journeys, and partner integrations. + Demonstrates deep understanding of? **end-to-end acquisition and underwriting flows** , including users, systems, and business outcomes. + Proactively addresses? **ambiguity, risks, and dependencies** , guiding teams toward sound, data-driven decisions. + Builds a culture of? **strong engineering fundamentals** , including design patterns, coding standards, quality engineering, and accountability. + Combines? **technical depth, strategic thinking, and disciplined execution** ?to deliver consistent results. + Effectivelyrepresentsand scales? **global engineering teams** , especially across India and U.S.-based stakeholders. 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 (https://careers.usbank.com/global/en/disability-accommodations-for-applicants) . **Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.** This is an U.S. Bancorp India posting. U.S. Bancorp India is a part of the U.S. Bank family.

📌 Software Engineering Manager - Java Full Stack - Open Banking (Chennai)
🏢 U.S. Bank
📍 Chennai