Remote Lead Data Engineer: ELT/ETL, Snowflake & AWS

First Citizens Bank; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to design, build, and operate production-grade data platforms. You will own end-to-end data pipelines, govern data models, and lead a team of engineers. Deep experience with ELT architectures, Snowflake, dbt, Python, and cloud services is required.

You will mentor junior and mid-level engineers, set engineering standards, and drive CI/CD-driven deployments. This role emphasizes reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency across data pipelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 6 years of experience in Advanced Data Engineering, data technologies, cloud platforms, and project or technical leadership
• OR High School Diploma or GED and a minimum of 10 years of experience in Advanced Data Engineering, data technologies, cloud platforms, and project or technical leadership

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; design ingestion patterns for databases, files, and APIs; build reusable Python-based components.
• Transformation, Modeling & Testing: develop dbt models, implement automated data quality testing, enable CI/CD-driven transformations.
• Snowflake Platform Engineering & Governance: implement Snowpipe, Tasks, Streams, and Stored Procedures; enforce RBAC and dynamic masking for security.
• Cloud Engineering: build data components using AWS or Azure services; collaborate on CI/CD and infrastructure automation.
• Leadership & Mentorship: lead design reviews and code reviews; mentor junior engineers; establish engineering standards.

Skills

End-to-End data pipelines

Mentorship

Technical leadership

CI/CD practices

SQL proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

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Python

AWS

Job description

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to design, build, and operate production-grade data platforms. You will own end-to-end data pipelines, govern data models, and lead a team of engineers. Deep experience with ELT architectures, Snowflake, dbt, Python, and cloud services is required.

You will mentor junior and mid-level engineers, set engineering standards, and drive CI/CD-driven deployments. This role emphasizes reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency across data pipelines.