Data Engineering Architect

 

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.

Job Description

U.S. Bank is seeking a Data Engineering Architect to design and evolve modern data platforms that power enterprise data products, analytics, and AI-enabled solutions. Reporting to the Senior Data Engineering Architect, this role will help establish architecture standards, develop scalable platform patterns, and partner closely with engineering teams to deliver reliable, cloud-native data solutions.

This position is ideal for a hands-on architect who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, building reusable frameworks, and enabling engineering teams to move faster through well-designed, scalable architecture.

What You'll Do

Design Modern Data Platforms

• Define and implement architecture patterns supporting lakehouse, medallion, and domain-driven data platforms
• Drive adoption of scalable, cloud-native data architecture and engineering best practices
• Design reusable data products, models, and semantic layers that support analytics and business outcomes

Architect Data Pipelines & Solutions

• Design batch, real-time, streaming, CDC, and event-driven data solutions
• Establish standards for scalability, performance, reliability, and resiliency
• Partner with engineering teams to translate business and technical requirements into architecture designs

Enable Data & AI Innovation

• Support integration of AI, machine learning, and advanced analytics capabilities into data platforms
• Contribute to modern platform capabilities that enable AI-ready data products and decision intelligence

Drive Engineering Excellence

• Create reusable frameworks, templates, architecture patterns, and best practices
• Support DataOps capabilities including observability, data quality, lineage, and operational readiness
• Promote secure, scalable, and maintainable solutions aligned to enterprise standards

Collaborate Across Teams

• Partner with product, engineering, architecture, and data science teams to support delivery of strategic data initiatives
• Provide technical guidance and architectural expertise across multiple projects and teams

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
• Eight or more years of relevant experience

Preferred Skills & Experience

Data Platform & Engineering

• Experience designing modern data platforms using Databricks, Snowflake, or similar technologies
• Strong background in distributed data processing using Python, PySpark, SQL, and related technologies
• Experience designing batch, streaming, CDC, and event-driven data solutions
• Knowledge of Kafka, Spark, and modern data integration patterns

Cloud & Architecture

• Experience with Azure and/or AWS cloud platforms
• Strong understanding of scalability, performance, resiliency, and cost optimization
• Experience designing enterprise-scale technical solutions and architecture patterns

Data Architecture & DataOps

• Experience with medallion architecture, data modeling, semantic layers, and KPI standardization
• Familiarity with observability, data quality, lineage, SLAs, and operational support practices
• Understanding of governance, security, and enterprise architecture principles

AI & Modern Engineering

• Exposure to ML lifecycle tools, feature stores, and AI-enabled data platforms
• Familiarity with GenAI concepts, including LLM and RAG-based use cases
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot is a plus

Location Expectation

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.

The salary range reflects figures based on the primary location, which is listed first. The actual range for the role may differ based on the location of the role. In addition to salary, U.S. Bank offers a comprehensive benefits package, including incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase 401(k) contribution and pension (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Pay Range: $119,765.00 - $140,900.00

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.