Remote Director, Digital Platform Engineering

First Citizens Bank; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits package

Remote work flexibility

Job summary

First Citizens Bank seeks a Senior Director of Digital Technology Engineering to lead a global software engineering team responsible for the bank's custom digital platform across web and mobile. The role oversees design, development, testing, release management, and production support in a security-first banking environment.

The ideal leader combines deep technical expertise with strong product partnership and executive communication skills, delivering scalable, compliant solutions in a highly

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent with IT leadership experience.
• 12+ years in IT with at least 5+ years leading large engineering organizations.
• Experience leading 25+ engineers in a global delivery model.
• Proven track record building and scaling custom digital platforms in regulated industries.
• Strong knowledge of secure software development and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead a global engineering organization of ~40 professionals across the US and India.
• Own end-to-end delivery of multi-module banking digital platform capabilities.
• Drive engineering excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with Product, Cybersecurity, Risk, Compliance, and Operations teams.
• Maintain platform health, scalability, security, and operational reliability.

Skills

Leadership

Executive communication

Global delivery

Agile delivery

DevSecOps

Cloud-native

Strategic planning

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

High School Diploma

Tools

React.js

JavaScript

TypeScript

Red Hat OpenShift

RESTful APIs

Elasticsearch

Job description

First Citizens Bank seeks a Senior Director of Digital Technology Engineering to lead a global software engineering team responsible for the bank's custom digital platform across web and mobile. The role oversees design, development, testing, release management, and production support in a security-first banking environment.

The ideal leader combines deep technical expertise with strong product partnership and executive communication skills, delivering scalable, compliant solutions in a highly