Remote Senior API Engineer – Payments & Cloud Migration

First Citizens Bank; North Carolina; On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens Bank is hiring a Senior Software Engineer – API Development & Cloud Migration. You will design, develop, and modernize enterprise APIs across Payments, Money Movement, and Information Reporting platforms, migrating services to AWS cloud-native architectures.

The role requires deep API and microservices expertise, strong AWS knowledge, and hands-on work with Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, and related technologies to deliver secure, scalable solutions with robust observability and

Qualifications

• Experience designing and delivering secure, high-performance APIs and microservices.
• Experience migrating legacy services to AWS cloud-native architectures.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS services (API Gateway, Lambda, ECS, Step Functions, SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, RDS, S3, IAM, KMS).
• Proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, Node.js and RESTful API development.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, enhance, and support secure, scalable APIs and microservices for Payments, Money Movement, and Information Reporting platforms.
• Lead modernization and migration of APIs from on-premises to AWS cloud-native architectures.
• Implement secure coding practices and API security controls.
• Develop and maintain event-driven solutions using Kafka, SNS, and SQS.

Skills

API development

microservices

cloud migration

Java

Spring Boot

Node.js

RESTful API design

AWS

OpenShift

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Terraform

APM/Observability

Education

Bachelor's Degree

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Terraform

Docker

OpenShift

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

First Citizens Bank is hiring a Senior Software Engineer – API Development & Cloud Migration. You will design, develop, and modernize enterprise APIs across Payments, Money Movement, and Information Reporting platforms, migrating services to AWS cloud-native architectures.

The role requires deep API and microservices expertise, strong AWS knowledge, and hands-on work with Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, and related technologies to deliver secure, scalable solutions with robust observability and