[Hiring] Principal Software Engineer @First Citizens Bank

Role Description

This is a remote role that may only be hired in the following location: North Carolina. This position provides expert technical guidance on large, complex, and strategic projects with significant impact for the Direct Bank Technology and the General Banking Digital Solutions teams.

• Facilitates the creation and implementation of software systems and software development.
• Consults and provides subject matter expertise on software evaluations, feasibility studies, and new technologies.
• Specializes in software development and integration with third-party solutions, as a single point of contact with the third-party vendors.
• Recommends processes and products that meet strategic goals while aligning with the Bank's long-term technology direction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 10 years of experience in Software application development and maintenance
• OR High School Diploma or GED and 14 years of experience in Software application development and maintenance
• Preferred Education: Bachelor’s Degree
• Preferred Area of Study: Computer Science
• Preferred Area of Experience: Financial Services Industry
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Expert experience in the following technologies, data, tools and architecture:
• Java/JavaEE Ecosystem (Spring, Spring Security, Spring Boot, Hibernate, etc.)
• Angular, React, Node.js
• AWS (EC2, ECS, S3, etc.), Azure
• Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes
• DevOps Practices: CI/CD Pipelines (Jenkins, Maven, etc.), Infrastructure Automation
• Relational Databases (Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL), NoSQL Databases (MongoDB)
• ETL Tools: Talend, IBM InfoSphere DataStage - Design & Implementation
• Messaging Systems: JMS, ActiveMQ, WebSphere MQ
• Data Analytics & Reporting: Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, Metabase, Celebrus, LogRocket
• Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, and System Design
• Object-Oriented Analysis & Design (OOAD), Design Patterns
• Microservices Architecture, API Design & Management, RESTful Services
• Cloud Architecture (AWS, Azure): Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Serverless, Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Data Architecture, Data Modeling, and Database Design (Relational, NoSQL)
• Security Architecture: Authentication (SAML 2.0, OAuth2, OIDC), Authorization (RBAC, OPA), Vulnerability Assessment (SAST, DAST, SCA)
• Technical Leadership: Mentoring, Code Reviews, Architectural Guidance
• Agile Methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)

Benefits

• Benefits are an integral part of total rewards and First Citizens Bank is committed to providing a competitive, thoughtfully designed and quality benefits program to meet the needs of our associates.
• More information can be found at https://jobs.firstcitizens.com/benefits .