Remote Lead Data Engineer — Cloud Platforms

First Citizens Bank; Raleigh (NC); Remote; USD 129,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to join our Data Platform Engineering Organization. This remote role leads design, development, and modernization of enterprise data platforms powering analytics, BI, and operations.

You will mentor engineers, drive best practices, and deliver scalable data solutions using AWS, Snowflake, dbt, Python, and SQL across the organization. Priority given to Raleigh, NC; remote friendly across markets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 6 years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Warehousing, Cloud Data Platforms, or related technology disciplines.
• OR
• High School Diploma or GED and 10 years of experience in the same areas.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of enterprise data solutions utilizing AWS Services, Snowflake, dbt, Python, SQL, and related cloud technologies.
• Develop and support data warehouses, Operational Data Stores (ODS), and ETL/ELT pipelines that enable analytics, reporting, and operational data capabilities.
• Design and implement batch and real-time data processing solutions using modern streaming and event-driven architectures.
• Partner with business stakeholders, analysts, and technology teams to translate business requirements into scalable data solutions.
• Define and promote data quality strategies, testing standards, governance practices, and compliance controls across the data platform lifecycle.
• Establish enterprise testing practices, including data validation frameworks, dbt testing standards, and quality controls to support trusted data products.
• Define monitoring, observability, and operational reliability standards, including dashboards, alerts, service-level objectives (SLOs), and service-level agreements (SLAs) for enterprise data platforms.
• Establish deployment strategies, environment promotion standards, and release governance practices that support secure and reliable delivery across enterprise data platforms.
• Contribute to technical discussions, peer reviews, and knowledge-sharing initiatives across the data engineering team.
• Leverage AI-powered development and productivity tools to accelerate solution delivery, improve code quality, and enhance engineering productivity

Skills

Python

SQL

Data warehousing

ETL/ELT

Cloud data platforms

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

AWS

Snowflake

dbt

Apache Airflow

Job description

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to join our Data Platform Engineering Organization. This remote role leads design, development, and modernization of enterprise data platforms powering analytics, BI, and operations.

You will mentor engineers, drive best practices, and deliver scalable data solutions using AWS, Snowflake, dbt, Python, and SQL across the organization. Priority given to Raleigh, NC; remote friendly across markets.