Senior Data Engineer - ELT/ETL Platform Lead (Remote)

First Citizens Bank; Scottsdale (AZ); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to design, build, and operate production-grade data platforms. You will own end-to-end data pipelines and mentor engineers while setting standards across the data team.

The role requires hands-on experience with modern ELT architectures, Snowflake, dbt, Qlik Replicate, Python-based pipelines, and cloud services (AWS/Azure). Remote role available for AZ, NC, or TX with strong leadership responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 6 years of experience in Advanced Data Engineering, data technologies, cloud platforms, and project or technical leadership.
• OR
• High School Diploma or GED and a minimum of 10 years of experience in Advanced Data Engineering, data technologies, cloud platforms, and project or technical leadership

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Data Pipeline Ownership: Design, build, and operate data pipelines using Medallion Architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold).
• Data Ingestion & Integration: Implement CDC and batch ingestion using Qlik Replicate and design ingestion patterns for databases, files, and APIs.
• Transformation, Modeling & Testing: Develop dbt models; implement automated data quality testing and CI/CD-driven deployments.
• Snowflake Platform Engineering & Governance: Implement Snowpipe, Tasks, Streams, and RBAC with data masking and access controls.
• Cloud Engineering: Build and deploy data components using AWS services (S3, Lambda, ECS Fargate, Glue, DynamoDB, IAM) or Azure equivalents; enable CI/CD and infrastructure automation.
• Leadership & Mentorship: Lead design discussions, code reviews, and establish engineering best practices.

Skills

Python

SQL

Leadership

Mentorship

Cloud experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Qlik Replicate

dbt Mesh Architecture

dbt Cloud

Snowflake

AWS

Azure

Job description

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to design, build, and operate production-grade data platforms. You will own end-to-end data pipelines and mentor engineers while setting standards across the data team.

The role requires hands-on experience with modern ELT architectures, Snowflake, dbt, Qlik Replicate, Python-based pipelines, and cloud services (AWS/Azure). Remote role available for AZ, NC, or TX with strong leadership responsibilities.