Remote API Engineer II - Cloud-Native Payments

First Citizens Bank; Raleigh (NC); Remote; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Software Engineer II to design, develop, and migrate enterprise APIs across Payments, Money Movement, and Information Reporting platforms. This remote role supports cloud-native API solutions and requires hands-on AWS and microservices experience.

You will build RESTful APIs using Java/Spring Boot, contribute to security and observability, and collaborate with architects, product owners, and engineers to deliver scalable, reliable financial software.

Qualifications

• Design, develop, and support secure, scalable APIs and microservices for Payments and Money Movement platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, enhance, and support secure, scalable APIs and microservices for Payments, Money Movement, and Information Reporting platforms.

Skills

API development

Microservices

Cloud migration

AWS

Java

Spring Boot

Node.js

REST APIs

API security

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Terraform

Kafka

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in CS/SE

4+ years software development experience

Tools

API Gateway

Lambda

ECS

Step Functions

SQS

SNS

DynamoDB

RDS

S3

IAM

KMS

Kafka

OpenShift

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Software Engineer II to design, develop, and migrate enterprise APIs across Payments, Money Movement, and Information Reporting platforms. This remote role supports cloud-native API solutions and requires hands-on AWS and microservices experience.

You will build RESTful APIs using Java/Spring Boot, contribute to security and observability, and collaborate with architects, product owners, and engineers to deliver scalable, reliable financial software.