Remote Senior Data Engineer – Cloud Data Platform

First Citizens Bank; Arizona; Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join the Data Platform Engineering Organization. You will build cloud-based data solutions, focusing on scalable pipelines with AWS, Snowflake, dbt, Python and SQL.

The role emphasizes data governance, quality, and cross-functional collaboration to enable analytics across the bank. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience in cloud data platforms and modern data engineering practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree with 4+ years in Data Engineering or related fields.
• Or 8+ years of Data Engineering with a HS diploma.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable data architectures aligned with business goals.
• Develop large-scale data pipelines for real-time and batch processing.
• Establish data governance and quality frameworks.
• Optimize system performance and troubleshoot data issues.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote best practices.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Problem solving

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

Python

SQL

AWS

Azure

GCP

Apache Airflow

Kafka

Kinesis

Spark

Flink

Snowpipe Streaming

Job description

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join the Data Platform Engineering Organization. You will build cloud-based data solutions, focusing on scalable pipelines with AWS, Snowflake, dbt, Python and SQL.

The role emphasizes data governance, quality, and cross-functional collaboration to enable analytics across the bank. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience in cloud data platforms and modern data engineering practices.