Remote Lead Data Engineer — Cloud Data Platform

First Citizens Bank; Tallahassee (FL); Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens Bank is seeking an experienced Lead Data Engineer to lead the design, development, and modernization of enterprise data platforms powering analytics and decision-making. This hands-on data engineering leader will drive cloud-based solutions using AWS, Snowflake, dbt, Python, and SQL while mentoring a team of engineers.

The role sits in the Data Platform Engineering Organization and emphasizes data quality, governance, and scalable data products across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Data Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 6 years of data engineering, data warehousing, or cloud data platforms experience.
• OR: High School Diploma or GED and 10 years of experience in data engineering / warehousing.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and implementation of enterprise data solutions using AWS, Snowflake, dbt, Python, and SQL.
• Develop data warehouses, ODS, and ETL/ELT pipelines for analytics, reporting, and operations.
• Design batch and real-time data processing with modern streaming architectures.
• Partner with stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable data solutions.
• Define data quality, testing standards, governance, and compliance across the data platform.

Skills

Cloud platforms

Python

SQL

Leadership

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in a data-related field

High School Diploma or GED + 10 years experience

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

Apache Airflow

Job description

First Citizens Bank is seeking an experienced Lead Data Engineer to lead the design, development, and modernization of enterprise data platforms powering analytics and decision-making. This hands-on data engineering leader will drive cloud-based solutions using AWS, Snowflake, dbt, Python, and SQL while mentoring a team of engineers.

The role sits in the Data Platform Engineering Organization and emphasizes data quality, governance, and scalable data products across the enterprise.