Principal Platform Product Engineer (remote)

Title: Principal Platform Product Engineer (remote) Location: Raleigh, North Carolina; North Carolina, United States Overview This is a remote role open for multiple markets across the United States. Senior technical leader for Product & Experience. Responsible for platform architecture, engineering standards, integration patterns, developer experience design, service catalog architecture, golden path engineering, platform extensibility, and enterprise IDP capabilities. Responsibilities & Qualifications Duties & Responsibilities: Ideal Candidate is a deep platform architect who has designed scalable developer platforms, integration ecosystems, and reusable engineering experiences across large enterprises. Key Responsibilities Platform Architecture (30%), Platform Integrations (25%) Developer Experience Engineering (25%) Technical Leadership (20%) Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree and 10 years of experience in Technical Hands-On Leader of Cloud Teams OR High School Diploma or GED and 14 years of experience in Technical Hands-On Leader of Cloud Teams 8+ years systems engineering or platform engineering Enterprise architecture leadership; integration architecture; mentoring senior engineers IDP Architecture Platform Engineering Service Catalog Architecture Golden Paths Platform APIs GitOps IaC Platform Automation Integration Architecture Preferred Skills Event-driven architecture, Cloud platforms, Kubernetes, Observability, Policy-as-Code, AI-enabled engineering. Platform Integration Experience Design patterns for SCM, CI/CD, cloud, automation, security, observability, identity and ITSM integrations. Additional Information This job posting is expected to remain active for 45 days from the initial posting date listed above. If it is necessary to extend this deadline, the posting will remain active as appropriate. Job postings may come down early due to business need or a high volume of applicants. The base pay for this position is generally between $170,000 and $199,000. Actual starting base pay will be determined based on skills, experience, location, and other non-discriminatory factors permitted by law. For some roles, total compensation may also include variable incentives, bonuses, benefits, and/or other awards as outlined in the offer of employment. 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 Duties & Responsibilities: Ideal Candidate is a deep platform architect who has designed scalable developer platforms, integration ecosystems, and reusable engineering experiences across large enterprises. Key Responsibilities Platform Architecture (30%), Platform Integrations (25%) Developer Experience Engineering (25%) Technical Leadership (20%) Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree and 10 years of experience in Technical Hands-On Leader of Cloud Teams OR High School Diploma or GED and 14 years of experience in Technical Hands-On Leader of Cloud Teams 8+ years systems engineering or platform engineering Enterprise architecture leadership; integration architecture; mentoring senior engineers IDP Architecture Platform Engineering Service Catalog Architecture Golden Paths Platform APIs GitOps IaC Platform Automation Integration Architecture Preferred Skills Event-driven architecture, Cloud platforms, Kubernetes, Observability, Policy-as-Code, AI-enabled engineering. Platform Integration Experience Design patterns for SCM, CI/CD, cloud, automation, security, observability, identity and ITSM integrations. This job posting is expected to remain active for 45 days from the initial posting date listed above. If it is necessary to extend this deadline, the posting will remain active as appropriate. Job postings may come down early due to business need or a high volume of applicants. The base pay for this position is generally between $170,000 and $199,000. Actual starting base pay will be determined based on skills, experience, location, and other non-discriminatory factors permitted by law. For some roles, total compensation may also include variable incentives, bonuses, benefits, and/or other awards as outlined in the offer of employment. 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