Remote Senior Data Engineer, Scalable Data Pipelines

First Citizens Bank; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens Bank is seeking an experienced Senior Data Engineer to join the Data Platform Engineering Organization. This remote role supports cloud-based data platforms, data warehousing, ETL/ELT development, and modern data engineering practices to enable analytics and data-driven decision-making across the bank.

You will build scalable data pipelines, data products, and integrations using AWS, Snowflake, dbt, and Python, collaborating with engineers, product partners, and stakeholders to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 4 years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Warehousing, Cloud Data Platforms, or related technology disciplines.
• OR
• High School Diploma or GED and 8 years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Warehousing, Cloud Data Platforms, or related technology disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support scalable data pipelines, data warehouses, and cloud-based data solutions utilizing AWS Services, Snowflake, dbt, Python, SQL, and related technologies.
• Develop and maintain ETL/ELT processes, data integrations, and transformation frameworks supporting operational, reporting, and analytical workloads.
• Implement and enhance data quality controls, reconciliation processes, testing frameworks, and dbt tests to ensure trusted and reliable data assets.
• Optimize data pipeline performance and operational efficiency through monitoring, alert investigation, automation, testing, CI/CD, dashboard development, and production support activities.
• Develop monitoring dashboards and operational metrics to improve platform visibility, reliability, and incident response.
• Support deployment automation, release validation, and environment promotion processes to improve delivery reliability and operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver scalable data solutions that support business objectives.
• Contribute to engineering best practices through technical discussions, peer reviews, documentation, and continuous improvement initiatives across the data engineering team
• Leverage AI-powered development and productivity tools to improve engineering efficiency, code quality, testing, and delivery outcomes.

Skills

AWS

Azure

GCP

Python

SQL

Snowflake

dbt

ETL/ELT

Airflow

CI/CD

Data modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

dbt

Apache Airflow

Astronomer

Job description

First Citizens Bank is seeking an experienced Senior Data Engineer to join the Data Platform Engineering Organization. This remote role supports cloud-based data platforms, data warehousing, ETL/ELT development, and modern data engineering practices to enable analytics and data-driven decision-making across the bank.

You will build scalable data pipelines, data products, and integrations using AWS, Snowflake, dbt, and Python, collaborating with engineers, product partners, and stakeholders to