Principal Platform Product Engineer – Developer Experience

First Citizens Bank

. Provide senior technical leadership for Product and Developer Experience teams .

Posted 11/2/2026full-timeRemote • North Carolina • United StatesLead💰 $170,000 - $199,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in platform architecture, integration patterns, and developer experience engineering, with a strong focus on leading cloud teams and mentoring senior engineers. Proficient in designing scalable developer platforms and implementing enterprise IDP capabilities.

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Technical LeadershipPlatform EngineeringIntegration ArchitectureService Catalog ArchitectureIDP Architecture

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Hard Skills

Cloud PlatformsGitOpsIaCPlatform APIsEvent-Driven ArchitectureCI/CDAutomationSecurityObservabilityPolicy-as-Code

Soft Skills

Mentoring

Certifications & Qualifications

Bachelor's DegreeHigh School Diploma or GED

Industry Keywords

Enterprise ArchitectureSystems EngineeringPlatform ExtensibilityDeveloper ExperienceIntegration Ecosystems

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudITSMKubernetes

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide senior technical leadership for Product and Developer Experience teams
Design platform architecture, engineering standards, integration patterns and developer experience
Develop service catalog architecture and golden path engineering
Lead platform extensibility and enterprise IDP capabilities
Design scalable developer platforms, integration ecosystems and reusable engineering experiences across large enterprises
Lead platform architecture, platform integrations, developer experience engineering and technical leadership initiatives
Design patterns for SCM, CI/CD, cloud, automation, security, observability, identity and ITSM integrations

Requirements

What you’ll need

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: Event-driven architecture, Cloud platforms, Kubernetes, Observability, Policy-as-Code, AI-enabled engineering
Experience with design patterns for SCM, CI/CD, cloud, automation, security, observability, identity and ITSM integrations

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive, thoughtfully designed and quality benefits program
Total compensation may include variable incentives, bonuses, benefits, and/or other awards