Senior Data Engineer - Cloud Data Platform (Remote)

First Citizens Bank; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join the Data Platform Engineering Organization and help build scalable cloud-based data solutions that enable analytics and data-driven decision-making across the bank.

The ideal candidate will design data pipelines, data warehouses, and ETL/ELT processes using AWS, Snowflake, dbt, Python, and SQL, collaborating with engineers, product partners, and stakeholders to deliver reliable, enterprise-grade data platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 4 years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Warehousing, Cloud Data Platforms, or related technology disciplines.
• 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

Python

SQL

AWS

Snowflake

dbt

ETL/ELT

Data pipelines

Data warehousing

Education

Bachelor's Degree

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

Apache Airflow

Astronomer

Kafka

Amazon Kinesis

Spark

Job description

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join the Data Platform Engineering Organization and help build scalable cloud-based data solutions that enable analytics and data-driven decision-making across the bank.

The ideal candidate will design data pipelines, data warehouses, and ETL/ELT processes using AWS, Snowflake, dbt, Python, and SQL, collaborating with engineers, product partners, and stakeholders to deliver reliable, enterprise-grade data platforms.