Remote AI Platform & Data Engineering Director

First Citizens Bank; North Carolina; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens Bank seeks a Director to lead the AI platform engineering and enablement within the Cloud Data and AI Platform organization. You will own the end-to-end AI lifecycle—from data and model development to MLOps, deployment, governance, and responsible AI compliance in a regulated environment.

As a technology leader, you will collaborate with risk, legal, compliance, and business stakeholders to build an audited, scalable AI infrastructure that delivers measurable value across the

Qualifications

• Deep hands-on experience building production ML systems on AWS.
• 2+ years in AI/ML, data science, or data engineering leadership roles.
• Strong knowledge of machine learning, MLOps, distributed systems, and cloud architecture.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL; Scala/Java a plus.
• Experience in regulated environments with model governance.

Responsibilities

• Oversee AI/ML workloads on AWS, including SageMaker, Bedrock, Lambda/ECS/EKS, and data pipelines.
• Define enterprise standards for MLOps, feature stores, and model lifecycle management.
• Lead governance and risk controls, embedding responsible AI and audit-ready evidence.
• Mentor engineering teams and drive agile practices across the platform.
• Partner with risk, legal, compliance, and governance teams to ensure scalable, ethical AI delivery.

Job description

First Citizens Bank seeks a Director to lead the AI platform engineering and enablement within the Cloud Data and AI Platform organization. You will own the end-to-end AI lifecycle—from data and model development to MLOps, deployment, governance, and responsible AI compliance in a regulated environment.

As a technology leader, you will collaborate with risk, legal, compliance, and business stakeholders to build an audited, scalable AI infrastructure that delivers measurable value across the