Senior API Engineer - Cloud Migration & Payments (Remote)

First Citizens Bank; Raleigh (NC); Remote; USD 125,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - API Development & Cloud Migration to design, develop, and modernize enterprise APIs across Payments, Money Movement, and Information Reporting platforms. You will migrate services to AWS and build cloud-native, scalable API-driven solutions.

You will work across architecture, development, testing, deployment, and production support, collaborating with architects, product owners, and business stakeholders to ensure secure,

Qualifications

• Experience in building and migrating enterprise APIs on AWS.
• Strong Java, Spring Boot, RESTful API development.
• Experience with Terraform, Docker, OpenShift, Kubernetes, CI/CD.
• Hands-on API modernization and cloud migration leadership.
• Experience with APM/observability tools.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, enhance, and support secure, scalable APIs and microservices for Payments, Money Movement, and Information Reporting platforms.
• Modernize and migrate APIs and integration services from on-premises to AWS cloud-native architectures.
• Develop cloud-native solutions leveraging AWS services including API Gateway, Lambda, ECS, Step Functions, SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, RDS, S3, IAM, KMS, and AWS Transfer Family.
• Build RESTful APIs and microservices using Java, Spring Boot, and AWS-native technologies.
• Provide troubleshooting, performance improvement, and production support.

Skills

API development

Microservices

Cloud migration

AWS

Java

Spring Boot

Node.js

CI/CD

Terraform

Docker

OpenShift

Kafka

CloudWatch

X-Ray

Education

Bachelor's degree

High School Diploma

Tools

Terraform

Docker

OpenShift

Kubernetes

CI/CD

AWS

Job description

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - API Development & Cloud Migration to design, develop, and modernize enterprise APIs across Payments, Money Movement, and Information Reporting platforms. You will migrate services to AWS and build cloud-native, scalable API-driven solutions.

You will work across architecture, development, testing, deployment, and production support, collaborating with architects, product owners, and business stakeholders to ensure secure,