Remote Senior Data Engineer — Full-Stack & Data Platforms

First Citizens Bank; North Carolina; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, develop, and support enterprise data platforms, leveraging React.js, Java, Spring Boot, and Kafka. You will collaborate with product owners and architects to deliver scalable, secure solutions across UI, APIs, and data services.

You will provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and contribute to architecture discussions, with emphasis on reliability and performance in a remote role across U.S. locations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field with several years of software engineering experience.
• Experience designing full-stack applications and data processing solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy scalable full-stack applications using React.js, Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, Python, Kafka, and relational databases.
• Lead architecture reviews and mentor junior engineers while driving engineering best practices.
• Analyze requirements, provide estimates, and define scalable implementation strategies.
• Support production systems and drive reliability through automation and on-call participation.
• Develop automated tests and contribute to Agile ceremonies and releases.

Skills

React.js

Java

Spring Boot

Node.js

Python

Kafka

Relational databases

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or related field

High School Diploma or GED with 8+ years of experience

Tools

GitLab

CI/CD pipelines

Jira

Confluence

Job description

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, develop, and support enterprise data platforms, leveraging React.js, Java, Spring Boot, and Kafka. You will collaborate with product owners and architects to deliver scalable, secure solutions across UI, APIs, and data services.

You will provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and contribute to architecture discussions, with emphasis on reliability and performance in a remote role across U.S. locations.