Remote Lead Data Engineer ELT & Cloud Platform

First Citizens Bank; Tallahassee (FL); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to design, build, and operate production-grade data platforms in a remote-capable role limited to NC, AZ and TX hires. You will mentor engineers, set standards, and own end-to-end data pipelines from ingestion to publishing, using modern ELT architectures and cloud services.

The role emphasizes Snowflake, dbt, Qlik Replicate, Python development, and CI/CD-driven deployments, with leadership responsibilities across the data platform team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree with 6+ years in advanced data engineering.
• High School Diploma or GED with 10+ years in data engineering.
• Experience leading data platform design and implementation.

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Data Pipeline Ownership: design, build, and operate data pipelines using Medallion Architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold).
• Data Ingestion & Integration: implement CDC and batch ingestion using Qlik Replicate; design ingestion patterns for databases, files, and APIs; build Python-based components.
• Transformation, Modeling & Testing: develop dbt models with SQL/Jinja; implement automated data quality and schema tests; enable CI/CD-driven deployments.
• Snowflake Platform Engineering & Governance: implement Snowpipe, Tasks, Streams, and Stored Procedures; enforce RBAC and dynamic data masking; ensure security and compliance.
• Cloud Engineering: build/deploy data components on AWS (S3, Lambda, ECS Fargate, Glue, DynamoDB, IAM) or Azure equivalents; collaborate on CI/CD and infra automation.
• Leadership & Mentorship: lead design discussions, code reviews, and technical decisions; mentor junior/mid engineers; establish engineering standards.

Skills

Leadership

Mentorship

CI/CD

Code reviews

Technical decision-making

Education

Bachelor's Degree

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Qlik Replicate

dbt

Snowflake

Python

AWS

Azure

Snowpipe

Tasks

Stored Procedures

Job description

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to design, build, and operate production-grade data platforms in a remote-capable role limited to NC, AZ and TX hires. You will mentor engineers, set standards, and own end-to-end data pipelines from ingestion to publishing, using modern ELT architectures and cloud services.

The role emphasizes Snowflake, dbt, Qlik Replicate, Python development, and CI/CD-driven deployments, with leadership responsibilities across the data platform team.