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First Citizens BancShares

Full-service bank offering loans and investments

Senior Data Engineer

Full-TimeDeadline 8/27/27
No salary listed
Mid, Senior
Bachelor's, Incomplete
Raleigh, NC, USA
RemoteRemote work is limited to North Carolina, Arizona, Texas, or Florida.
Software EngineeringFull-Stack Engineering

About the job

Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree and four years of experience in software application development, data engineering, or cloud platforms, or a high school diploma or GED and eight years of experience in software application development, data integrations, or cloud platforms.
  • Preferred areas of study include Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field.
  • Preferred experience includes five or more years of software engineering experience developing enterprise-scale applications.
  • Experience building web applications using React.js and JavaScript or TypeScript.
  • Experience developing backend services using Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture.
  • Experience implementing event-driven architecture using Kafka.
  • Experience using Python for automation, data processing, or backend services.
  • Advanced SQL development and database design experience with Oracle and Netezza.
  • Experience designing and consuming REST APIs.
  • Experience with GitLab, CI/CD pipelines, Jira, and Confluence.
  • Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
  • Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS and container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes is preferred.
  • Experience within financial services, banking, risk, treasury, forecasting, or regulatory reporting environments is highly desirable.
Responsibilities
  • Design, develop, test, and deploy scalable full-stack applications using React.js, Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, Python, Kafka, and relational databases.
  • Design and implement RESTful APIs, microservices, and event-driven solutions to support business and data processing requirements.
  • Translate business requirements into technical designs and implementation plans.
  • Build reusable components, application frameworks, and shared services to improve development efficiency.
  • Lead and participate in architecture reviews, technical design discussions, and code reviews.
  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers and project teams.
  • Establish and promote engineering best practices, coding standards, and development methodologies.
  • Analyze business and technical requirements and assess system impacts, dependencies, and risks.
  • Provide effort estimates, technical recommendations, and implementation strategies for new initiatives and enhancements.
  • Collaborate with solution architects, product owners, and stakeholders to define scalable solutions.
  • Support production applications and troubleshoot complex issues across user interfaces, middleware, messaging platforms, and databases.
  • Monitor application performance and identify opportunities for optimization and automation.
  • Participate in on-call rotations and incident management activities.
  • Develop automated unit, integration, and regression tests.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives related to application performance, security, reliability, and maintainability.
  • Contribute to Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, retrospectives, and release activities.
Desired Qualifications
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to communicate technical information clearly and work effectively with cross-functional teams.

About the company

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First Citizens BancShares

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First Citizens BancShares operates First Citizens Bank, offering a full range of financial services for individuals and businesses. Its products include checking and savings accounts, credit cards, mortgages and auto loans, personal loans, online and mobile banking, wealth management and investment services, insurance, and small business banking. The core product set is accessed via online and mobile platforms, branch networks, and ATM access, with features like online statements, bill pay, direct deposit, and rewards programs. The bank positions itself through a broad suite of banking and financial services tailored to different customer segments such as personal, business, and wealth customers, emphasizing integrated banking experience and customer support. Overall, the goal is to help customers manage money, borrow for major needs (homes, vehicles, education), invest for future goals, and protect their financial security through a range of financial products and advisory services.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Raleigh, North Carolina

Founded

1898

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Second-quarter 2026 net income rose to $672 million, up from $534 million.
  • Management repurchased $600 million of stock in July 2026, signaling capital confidence.
  • The BMO acquisition added roughly $5 billion in deposits and $650 million in loans.

What critics are saying

  • The $300 million Series F preferred adds a fixed dividend burden until 2031.
  • The BMO branch conversion exposes First Citizens to integration risk across 138 locations.
  • A persistent securities-fraud investigation following January 2026 results threatens management credibility.

What makes First Citizens BancShares unique

  • First Citizens Bank now spans 600+ branches after the September 2026 BMO deal.
  • It combines commercial banking, equipment finance, wealth, insurance, and mortgage products.
  • Management keeps buying deposits and loans while maintaining strong capital and liquidity.

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First Citizens Bank launches new Innovation Banking brand. The First Citizens Innovation Banking division is dedicated to serving the innovation economy in the U.S. and internationally. First Citizens Bank launched First Citizens Innovation Banking, its division dedicated to serving the innovation economy in the U.S. and internationally. The company is also launching First Citizens Fund Banking to support its large portfolio of private equity and venture capital clients. "Today marks an exciting milestone as we introduce First Citizens Innovation Banking," Frank Holding, Jr., chairman and CEO of First Citizens Bank, said. "We are building on the legacy of Silicon Valley Bank and bringing greater scale and resources to make our platform even stronger. Investing in, and strengthening, this business remains a priority for First Citizens. We are committed to the innovation economy for the long term, and, as First Citizens Innovation Banking, we will continue to provide market leading solutions, services and insights our clients rely on to succeed." To mark the launch of First Citizens Innovation Banking, the bank also kicked off a marketing campaign, "Where Silicon Valley Banks." Appearing in digital, print and outdoor locations in select innovation markets nationally, the campaign will be featured as part of First Citizens' appearances at upcoming events and conferences in 2026. "Silicon Valley is more than just a region in California; it's synonymous with innovation, entrepreneurship and growth," Marc Cadieux, president of First Citizens Innovation Banking, said. "For decades, we have helped founders, entrepreneurs and investors build and scale industry-defining companies. Our business was purpose-built for the innovation economy, and that will continue. While our name has changed, our expertise, relationships and dedication to the innovation economy have not, which is why we are, and will continue to be, where Silicon Valley banks."

Radical Compliance
Oct 2nd, 2026
Compliance Jobs Report: Oct. 2.

Compliance Jobs Report: Oct. 2. The Compliance Jobs Report this week has hiring news at Crocs, Chewy, Block, Stryker, Ritz-Carlton Yachts (yes, that's a thing) and a slew of financial firms. Radical Compliance also have promotions to note at McKesson, BNP Paribas, and elsewhere; and job leads in retail, healthcare, and payments. The healthcare salary will make you faint. Radical Compliance gather the Jobs Report news items from LinkedIn, press releases, and wherever else Radical Compliance can find tips - and thank you to everyone who sends them in, you make the Jobs Report possible! If you have any gossip to share (even confidentially) email me at [email protected] or find me on LinkedIn. Compliance Jobs. This week Radical Compliance begin at Crocs, perhaps the world's most well-known maker of ugly but comfortable shoes; the company has hired Anne DeTraglia as vice president of internal audit and enterprise risk. DeTraglia walks into Crocs from Sabre Corp., where she had also been VP of audit and risk until she left the company earlier this year. Gina Bucker is joining Chewy, the online pet food delivery people, as head of internal audit; she starts Oct. 5. Bucker comes to Chewy from JetBlue, where she had been chief audit executive since the start of 2025. Changing of the compliance guard at Swedbank! The Swedish bank says chief compliance officer Britta Hjorth-Larsen is stepping down after four years on the job for personal and family reasons and is moving home to Denmark. Eva Wilhelmsson, deputy CCO and a long-time Swedbank executive, has been appointed acting chief compliance officer until further notice. Payments firm Block has hired Nick DiBari as lead for compliance issues management. DiBari joins the company after seven years at Interactive Brokers, the last five of them as global head of anti-money laundering compliance. (This would be the same Block, by the way, that proudly announced eight months ago that it was cutting 40 percent of its staff to embrace AI. Glad to see at least some humans are still getting hired.) First Citizens Bank has deposited Matt Marteney onto the payroll as vice president of compliance. Marteney joins First Citizen after 28 years at Wells Fargo, where he had most recently been director of financial crimes governance. Wolfgang Rieg has joined British insurance firm Howden as executive compliance business partner. Rieg comes to Howden all the way from New Zealand, where he had been a manager of conduct supervision for the country's Financial Markets Authority. Speaking of executive compliance roles, Judy Lipton just gave up her job at BlackRock as global head of executive compliance; to join asset management firm Millennium ($92 billion assets under management) as compliance chief operating officer. Lipton had been with BlackRock in various compliance roles for 11 years. Nancy Freda-Smith has stepped down from her role as chief audit executive at Ralph Lauren Corp. after 15 years at the company in various audit roles. Next up: Freda-Smith has joined the board of Tempest Therapeutics, where she will serve as audit committee chair. Moment, a fintech that bills itself as "the AI operating system for investment management," has hired Ron Steinfeld as chief compliance officer. Steinfeld joins the firm from MarketAxess, where he had also been chief compliance officer. Jim Back has been hired at Tata Steel in the Netherlands, working as antitrust counsel on the company's ethics and compliance team. Back was last seen at Teva Pharmaceuticals, where he had been senior counsel for EU antitrust issues until last year. David Colford has left Airmar Technology, where he had been a regulatory compliance and sustainability specialist. He's now at Insulet Corp. as a senior product stewardship specialist. Sophie Hibburd has joined Astellas Pharma as ethics and compliance affiliate business partner for Australia. Hibburd had previously been Takeda's head of ethics and compliance for the Oceania region. Merrick Bank, a merchant bank based in Salt Lake City, has hired Brooke Weaver as a level II compliance analyst. Weaver previously worked at Medallion Bank on its compliance testing team. In Omaha, Neb., OrthoNebraska has hired Brayden Walsh as a compliance coordinator. Walsh previously worked at the Developmental Disability Center of Nebraska as director of quality assurance and compliance. Meghan Weaver has been hired as a senior compliance officer at Financial Plus Credit Union in Flint, Mich. Weaver comes to Financial Plus from Comerica Bank, where she had been a retail compliance advisory manager. Amanda Holst has a new gig at Stryker as senior director of compliance, governance, risk, and strategy. Holst comes to the medical equipment maker from United Therapeutics, where she most recently had been senior director of compliance program operations. Chromally, an aerospace manufacturer, just picked up Darie Achstein-Conway as U.S. import compliance manager. Achstein-Conway has previously worked as a trade compliance consultant with Axiom, where Chromally had been one of her clients. Lisa Pepe-Whittaker has taken a job with Fortitude Re as senior vice president of compliance and legal. She previously worked at Deutsche Bank for four years, most recently as global head of requirements, conduct, and reporting. Orion Financial, a credit union based in Memphis, has hired Miles Wolfe as director of IT governance, risk, and compliance. Wolfe comes to Orion from First Horizon Bank, where he had been senior VP and audit senior adviser. And in Miami, Raul Ocampo is the new senior manager for information and security compliance for the Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, a group of three luxury yachts that people richer than me can take on vacation. Ocampo sails into this job from Optiv, where he had been head of cybersecurity operations. One hopes he got some free yacht time as part of the package. Regulatory world. Heidi Sorensen has joined the Department of Health & Human Services as deputy associate general counsel for program integrity at the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Sorensen previously spent 19 years at the law firm Alston & Bird. Moving up the ladder. The aptly named Community Bank, which runs community banks from Pennsylvania though New York and northern New England, has promoted Jeff Royer from senior compliance manager to chief compliance officer. Samantha Young has moved up at Wright-Pitt Credit Union in Ohio, from manager of internal audit to vice president of the same. McKesson has promoted Kendra Rester from senior manager of internal audit to senior manager of contracts compliance. BNP Paribas has promoted Alexandra Guerra from senior KYC officer to compliance review control officer. Curry's, a British retailer of personal technology gizmos, has promoted Will Volante from business manager to senior manager for governance, risk, and compliance. Vendors & service providers. Houssam Wazzan has moved out of his role at the World Economic Forum, where he had been lead for the group's Partnering Against Corruption Initiative; now he will head WEF's Civil Society and Responsible Governance program. Open req orders. UCI Health, the hospital system affiliated with the University of California at Irvine, is looking for a chief compliance officer. Job is based in Irvine, Calif., obviously. Salary range is listed at $254,000 to $536,000 but a "well-qualified" candidate "can generally expect $375,000 to $440,000." 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