Lead Software Engineer: Kafka & Real-Time Data Pipelines

First Citizens Bank; North Carolina; On-site; USD 130,109 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to design and implement Kafka-based event-driven integrations for the Enterprise Architecture team. This remote role may be hired in multiple US markets, with priority for candidates located in North Carolina, Arizona, and Texas.

The successful candidate will lead the development of scalable data pipelines using Confluent Kafka, Kafka Connect, Streams, and Schema Registry, mentor others, and ensure alignment with enterprise standards and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 6 years of experience in Software application development and maintenance.
• OR
• High School Diploma or GED and 10 years of experience in Software application development and maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure and maintain Confluent Kafka clusters in a multi data center and cloud environment.
• Implement authorization, authentication and schema governance.
• Build real-time data pipelines using Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams and KSQL/FLinkSQL.
• Monitor system metrics and address performance issues for high availability.
• Provide technical advice and direction to associates and teams; mentor others on new technologies.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

DevOps

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Software

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Confluent Kafka

Kafka Connect

Kafka Streams

Schema Registry

Docker

Kubernetes

Openshift

CI/CD

Job description

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to design and implement Kafka-based event-driven integrations for the Enterprise Architecture team. This remote role may be hired in multiple US markets, with priority for candidates located in North Carolina, Arizona, and Texas.

The successful candidate will lead the development of scalable data pipelines using Confluent Kafka, Kafka Connect, Streams, and Schema Registry, mentor others, and ensure alignment with enterprise standards and