Remote Senior Data Engineer - Full-Stack Microservices Lead

First Citizens Bank; Scottsdale (AZ); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, develop, and support enterprise data platforms. The role emphasizes full-stack development across UI, APIs, microservices, and databases, with hands-on coding and technical leadership.

You will mentor juniors, participate in architecture reviews, and drive reliability and efficiency in production systems. The ideal candidate has strong cloud, container, and data tooling experience in a financial services context.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with 4+ years in software development or data engineering.
• HS diploma with 8+ years of experience in software integrations and cloud platforms.
• Strong background in React.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and Python.
• Advanced SQL and database design with Oracle and Netezza.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy scalable full-stack applications using React.js, Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, Python, Kafka, and relational databases.
• Build RESTful APIs, microservices, and event-driven solutions to support data processing.
• Translate business requirements into technical designs and implementation plans.
• Lead architecture reviews and mentor junior engineers, promoting best practices.

Skills

React.js

Java

Spring Boot

Node.js

Python

Kafka

SQL

Microservices

AWS

Education

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

High School Diploma or GED with 8+ years of experience

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

Jira

Confluence

Docker

Kubernetes

Oracle SQL

Netezza

REST APIs

Job description

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, develop, and support enterprise data platforms. The role emphasizes full-stack development across UI, APIs, microservices, and databases, with hands-on coding and technical leadership.

You will mentor juniors, participate in architecture reviews, and drive reliability and efficiency in production systems. The ideal candidate has strong cloud, container, and data tooling experience in a financial services context.