Principal Platform Product Engineer (remote)

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

Job summary

First Citizens seeks a Senior Platform Architect to lead the design of scalable developer platforms and integration ecosystems. You will drive platform architecture, provider engineering standards, and enterprise IDP capabilities for large-scale deployments.

Ideal candidate has extensive hands-on leadership in cloud teams, with experience in IDP architecture, platform APIs, and GitOps practices. This remote role spans multiple markets across the United States.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or GED with extensive leadership experience in cloud platforms.
• At least 8 years in systems/platform engineering.
• Experience with IDP architecture and platform APIs.

Responsibilities

• Platform Architecture (design scalable developer platforms for large enterprises).
• Platform Integrations (build and manage integration ecosystems).
• Developer Experience Engineering (enhance developer tooling and experiences).
• Technical Leadership (lead teams and set engineering direction).

Job description

Overview

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

Senior technical leader for Product & Experience. 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 45 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.