Software Engineer II - AWS (Remote)

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Software Engineer II to design, develop, integrate, and support cloud-native solutions across Payments, Money Movement, and Information Reporting platforms. The role involves collaborating with architects and engineers to translate business requirements into scalable solutions while participating in technical design, coding, testing, and production support.

Responsibilities:

• The successful candidate will have experience building applications using AWS services such as Lambda, ECS, Step Functions, SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, RDS, S3, IAM, and KMS, along with modern development frameworks including Java, Spring Boot, and Node.js
• Experience with Terraform, Docker, OpenShift, and event-driven architectures is highly desirable
• This role offers the opportunity to contribute to the delivery of critical payment and financial solutions while growing technical expertise in cloud-native application development and enterprise-scale systems

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree and 2 years of experience in Software application development and maintenance OR High School Diploma or GED and 8 years of experience in Software application development and maintenance
• 2+ years of hands-on AWS cloud engineering and architecture experience
• Experience designing, developing, and supporting cloud-native applications on AWS
• Experience with AWS Lambda
• Experience with Amazon ECS
• Experience with AWS Step Functions
• Experience with Amazon SQS and SNS
• Experience with Amazon S3
• Experience with Amazon DynamoDB
• Experience with Amazon RDS
• Experience with AWS IAM and KMS
• Experience with AWS Transfer Family
• Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices
• Experience designing and implementing event-driven, microservices, and serverless architectures
• Strong hands-on development experience with Java, Spring Boot, and/or Node.js
• Experience with containerization technologies including Docker and OpenShift
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment strategies
• Ability to build highly available, fault-tolerant, secure, and scalable enterprise solutions
• Proven experience leading development teams and driving technical architecture decisions
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate)
• AWS Certified Developer Associate
• Experience with payment processing, ACH, wire transfers, real-time payments, card processing, or other money movement platforms
• Experience with financial systems integrations and regulatory reporting solutions
• Experience with Amazon CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray, and enterprise observability platforms
• Experience leading cloud modernization and application transformation initiatives
• Experience in regulated financial services environments