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Principal Systems Engineer - Enterprise API Platform & GraphQL Engineering
US Bank National Association · 🇺🇸 11 Locations
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordUSCIS Data Hub records 294 H-1B approvals for this employer in FY2023. Source: USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub (US Citizenship and Immigration Services).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — US Bank National Association
USCIS Data Hub records 294 H-1B approvals for this employer in FY2023. Source: USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub (US Citizenship and Immigration Services).
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About the role
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 What You'll Do • Act as the technical SME for our enterprise API ecosystem, leading engineering efforts across Apigee OPDK, Apigee Hybrid (Azure), and Apollo GraphQL platforms. • Design and deliver secure, scalable, and highly available API gateway solutions that support critical business applications. • Lead API platform modernization initiatives, including Apigee On-Prem to Apigee Hybrid migrations and cloud-native platform adoption. • Drive GraphQL platform strategy, architecture, and optimization utilizing Apollo Federation, Apollo Router, and schema governance . • Implement enterprise API security controls including OAuth 2.0, JWT, mTLS, traffic management, and API governance standards . • Automate platform deployments and operations using GitLab CI/CD, Kubernetes, Helm, Ansible, and Infrastructure as Code . • Improve platform reliability through monitoring, observability, incident response, performance tuning, and capacity planning. • Partner with Architects, Security, Infrastructure, and Development teams while mentoring engineers and advancing AI-driven engineering practices. Basic Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience • At least 7 years of experience within a total information technology (IT) environment • At least 7 years of experience with the design, development and support of technology infrastructure Preferred Skills/Experience • Experience administring and engineering Apigee OPDK (On-Prem) including API management, proxy development, traffic management, analytics, and platform administration. • Experience engineering and supporting enterprise platforms, middleware, API management solutions, cloud infrastructure, or distributed application environments . • Hands-on expertise deploying and supporting Apigee Hybrid on Azure AKS/Kubernetes environments. • Strong experience with Apollo GraphQL , including Federation, Router, schema design, governance, and performance optimization. • Deep knowledge of API security including OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT, mTLS, and enterprise security best practices. • Experience building and supporting cloud-native platforms using Kubernetes, Helm, containers, and Azure services. • Strong automation and DevSecOps skills utilizing GitLab CI/CD, Ansible, Python, Bash, and GitOps methodologies. • Experience with observability platforms such as Datadog , distributed logging, monitoring, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE). • Proven ability to lead large-scale platform engineering initiatives, influence architecture decisions, and mentor technical teams. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship 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