U.S. Bank

Principal Engineer - Product Group Engineering Modernisation & AI Adoption

U.S. Bank
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17 hours ago
Dublin, IrelandStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Define engineering standards, reference architectures, best practices, target-state architectures, and modernization roadmaps.
  • Lead architecture reviews, technical governance, API architecture, and API lifecycle standards.
  • Drive adoption of domain-driven design, event-driven architecture, API-first design, microservices, cloud-native platforms, and AI-augmented software engineering.
  • Champion generative AI and AI-assisted development, including standards, guardrails, governance models, adoption metrics, and responsible-use practices.
  • Lead modernization of legacy applications and platforms toward service-based and cloud-native architectures.
  • Drive engineering automation, DevSecOps, platform engineering, reliability, scalability, technical-debt reduction, and developer-experience improvements.
  • Mentor engineers, architects, and engineering managers through coaching, workshops, design reviews, and communities of practice.
  • Establish engineering transformation outcomes, including improved delivery productivity, quality, API governance, modernization progress, and engineering effectiveness.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field is required; a master’s degree is preferred.
  • 15+ years of software engineering experience is required.
  • 5+ years operating as a Principal Engineer, Distinguished Engineer, Chief Architect, or in a similar senior technical leadership role is required.
  • Proven experience leading large-scale architecture and modernization initiatives.
  • Deep expertise in API architecture, microservices, domain-driven design, event-driven systems, cloud platforms, DevSecOps, and CI/CD.
  • Strong software engineering background in Java, .NET, Go, Python, or similar enterprise technology stacks.
  • Experience defining engineering standards and governance models at scale.
  • Preferred experience includes enterprise AI adoption, generative AI, LLMs, agentic AI, AI platforms, financial services or regulated industries, platform engineering, Kubernetes, container architectures, API management, and global engineering transformation programs.
  • Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, coaching, strategic thinking, and technical influence skills.

Benefits

  • Market-competitive compensation with clearly defined salary ranges and performance-based incentives for eligible employees.
  • Equitable benefits focused on financial wellbeing, health, and wellness.
  • Training, education support, continuous development, and career progression opportunities.
  • Employee recognition programs and an inclusive, accessible recruitment experience.
U.S. Bank

About U.S. Bank

10,000+ employees

U.S. Bank is a public commercial bank offering consumer banking, commercial and institutional banking, payments, wealth management, and custody services to individuals and businesses. It earns revenue from interest on loans and securities and from fees across payments, asset management, and treasury services; it is the fifth-largest U.S. commercial bank, headquartered in Minneapolis, and trades on the NYSE as U.S. Bancorp (USB).

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