Lead Software Engineer (Microservices/Java/Spring boot /Cloud)
U.S. Bank · Denver, CO
$126,820–$149,200from the description
Jul 23, 2026
Denver, CO
Jul 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A full-stack software engineering role focused on designing, building, testing, and maintaining distributed systems and cloud-native applications. Day-to-day work spans front-end development with React and Node, back-end microservices using Java and Spring Boot, and deployment infrastructure involving containers and CI/CD tooling. Suits an experienced engineer comfortable owning code end-to-end within an agile, DevOps-oriented environment.
Senior level · 6+ years · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
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Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (5)
All technical skills appear exclusively under the 'Preferred Skills/Experience' heading — none are listed as hard gates in the Basic Qualifications section, which only requires a bachelor's degree (or equivalent) and 6–8 years of experience.
The role requires working from a U.S. Bank office location at least 3 days per week; it is not fully remote. No specific city is named in the posting, so no CBSA could be determined — the pay range note references a 'primary location' but does not identify it.
Containerization is mentioned generically alongside Java/Spring Boot/Kafka; Docker is captured as the canonical representative technology.
AI experience is listed as 'Good to have' with no specific tool or framework named, so it was omitted per the no-generic-concepts rule.
The degree requirement is 'None' because the posting explicitly accepts 'equivalent work experience' in lieu of a bachelor's degree.
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