Remote Principal Platform Engineer - Architect & DX

First Citizens Bank

North Carolina

On-site

USD 170,000 - 199,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Senior Technical Leader for Product & Experience to own platform architecture, engineering standards, and enterprise IDP capabilities. This remote role supports multiple markets across the United States and focuses on scalable developer platforms and reusable engineering experiences.

You will drive platform integration patterns, service catalog architecture, golden paths, and strong developer experience design, while providing technical leadership and mentoring

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree with 10+ years in technical hands-on leadership of cloud teams.
Experience in enterprise architecture, integration patterns, and IDP architecture.
Strong mentoring of senior engineers and platform governance.

Responsibilities

Lead platform architecture across scalable developer platforms and integration ecosystems.
Define and enforce engineering standards, service catalog patterns, and platform governance.
Improve developer experience through golden paths and extensible platform APIs.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship across cloud teams.

Skills

Event-driven architecture

Observability

AI-enabled engineering

Policy-as-Code

Cloud platforms

Enterprise architecture leadership

Integration architecture

Education

Bachelor's Degree + 10 years experience

High School Diploma + 14 years experience

Tools

Kubernetes

GitOps

IaC

Platform APIs

Job description

You will drive platform integration patterns, service catalog architecture, golden paths, and strong developer experience design, while providing technical leadership and mentoring

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