Software Engineering Apprentice 2 (Part time)

at  US Bank National Association

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

Works alongside the product engineering team under the guidance of experienced engineers. Will spend most of the time writing code, testing, exploring new technology and automation. Writes code with testability, readability, edge cases and errors in mind. Develops an understanding of different patterns used in the codebase. Learns to create reasonable sized peer reviews with the description of changes and testing conducted. Develops an understanding of different data structures and when to use different structures. Participates and develops an understanding of Agile methodologies and the importance and purpose of cadences of the methodology. Approaches tasks with a view to develop an understanding on how the task fits into the feature, the users and flows impacted, and developing the understanding of the feature’s purpose. Seeks to understand how a few systems fit together at a high level and each team’s responsibility for their piece of functionality. Aims to think about what technical changes are needed for a task, acceptance criteria and seeks to follow best practice.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Associate’s degree and completion of a vocational program, or equivalent work experience
• Zero to two years of relevant experience

PREFERRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

• Hands on experience with Golang
• Knowledge of Python, Grafana, Docker containers, Kafka Connect, Azure
• Basic understanding of design and development principles
• Ability to take direction and contribute to the development of a product with minimal supervision
• Effective verbal and written communication skills to be able to communicate with all parties involved in the product team (engineers, product owner, scrum master, third party vendors, customers, etc.) and provide regular status updates

THE ROLE OFFERS A HYBRID/FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE, WHICH MEANS THERE’S AN IN-OFFICE EXPECTATION OF 3 OR MORE DAYS PER WEEK AND THE FLEXIBILITY TO WORK OUTSIDE THE OFFICE LOCATION FOR THE OTHER DAYS. HOPKINS, MN IS THE PREFERRED LOCATION FOR THIS POSITION.

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.

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 (some may vary based on role, location or hours):

• 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 la