Remote Java Tech Lead: Architecture, Delivery & Mentorship

First Citizens Bank; Scottsdale (AZ); Remote; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens Bank is seeking an experienced Technical Lead for its Personal & Business Banking Digital Engineering group. This remote role suits someone who loves building software, reviewing production code, and shaping architecture while supporting multiple agile pods across the digital banking platform.

The ideal candidate will mentor engineers, drive best practices, and partner with product owners, architects, and senior technologists to deliver scalable, secure customer experiences at

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of technical work in development, security, or engineering.
• 2+ years in a Technical Lead or equivalent leadership role.
• Deep understanding of modern software architecture and distributed systems.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across one or more Agile pods delivering customer-facing digital banking capabilities.
• Drive engineering excellence and modern software development practices.
• Translate architectural direction into actionable delivery plans and implementations.
• Review designs, pull requests, and implementation approaches.
• Mentor engineers and influence technical direction across teams.
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise standards, security, and roadmaps.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Microservices

Event-Driven Architecture

Apache Kafka

Distributed systems

Secure application development

Angular

React

TypeScript

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field

HS Diploma + 12 years of technical work experience

Tools

GitHub

Azure DevOps

Kubernetes

Terraform

SonarQube

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

First Citizens Bank is seeking an experienced Technical Lead for its Personal & Business Banking Digital Engineering group. This remote role suits someone who loves building software, reviewing production code, and shaping architecture while supporting multiple agile pods across the digital banking platform.

The ideal candidate will mentor engineers, drive best practices, and partner with product owners, architects, and senior technologists to deliver scalable, secure customer experiences at