Principal Platform Product Engineer - Developer Experience (Remote)

First Citizens; Raleigh (NC); Remote; USD 170,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens is seeking a senior technical leader to guide Product & Developer Experience teams in a remote role serving multiple U.S. markets.

You will shape platform architecture, engineering standards, integration patterns, and enterprise IDP capabilities, while driving golden-path engineering and platform extensibility. The ideal candidate has deep experience designing scalable developer platforms and orchestration of integrative ecosystems across large enterprises, with strong leadership

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or GED with extensive cloud platform leadership experience.
• Experience leading enterprise platform and integration architectures.
• Strong knowledge of IDP architecture and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Own platform architecture and ensure scalable developer experiences.
• Lead platform integrations and service catalog design.
• Provide technical leadership across product and developer experience teams.

Skills

Platform Architecture

Platform Integrations

Developer Experience

Technical Leadership

IDP Architecture

GitOps

IaC

Platform Automation

Integration Architecture

Education

Bachelor's Degree

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

Job description

Overview

This is a remote role open for multiple markets across the United States.

Senior technical leader for Product & Developer Experience teams. Responsible for platform architecture, engineering standards, integration patterns, developer experience design, service catalog architecture, golden path engineering, platform extensibility, and enterprise IDP capabilities.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

Duties & Responsibilities:

Ideal Candidate is a deep platform architect who has designed scalable developer platforms, integration ecosystems, and reusable engineering experiences across large enterprises.

Key Responsibilities

• Platform Architecture (30%),
• Platform Integrations (25%)
• Developer Experience Engineering (25%)
• Technical Leadership (20%)

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree and 10 years of experience in Technical Hands-On Leader of Cloud Teams OR High School Diploma or GED and 14 years of experience in Technical Hands-On Leader of Cloud Teams

• 8+yearssystems engineering or platform engineering
• Enterprise architecture leadership; integration architecture; mentoring senior engineers
• IDP Architecture
• Platform Engineering
• Service Catalog Architecture
• Golden Paths
• Platform APIs
• GitOps
• IaC
• Platform Automation
• Integration Architecture

Preferred Skills

Event-driven architecture, Cloud platforms, Kubernetes, Observability, Policy-as-Code, AI-enabled engineering.

Platform Integration Experience

Design patterns for SCM, CI/CD, cloud, automation, security, observability,identityand ITSM integrations.

Additional Information

This job posting is expected to remain active for 14 days from the initial posting date listed above. If it is necessary to extend this deadline, the posting will remain active as appropriate. Job postings may come down early due to business need or a high volume of applicants.

The base pay for this position is generally between $170,000 and $199,000. Actual starting base pay will be determined based on skills, experience, location, and other non-discriminatory factors permitted by law. For some roles, total compensation may also include variable incentives, bonuses, benefits, and/or other awards as outlined in the offer of employment.

Benefits are an integral part of total rewards and First Citizens Bank is committed to providing a competitive, thoughtfully designed and quality benefits program to meet the needs of our associates. More information can be found at https://jobs.firstcitizens.com/benefits.