Java Engineer II – API Development

First Citizens Bank is hiring a Java Engineer II to develop, modernize, migrate, and support enterprise APIs across its Payments, Money Movement, and Information Reporting platforms. The role focuses on building secure, scalable cloud-native solutions on AWS and supporting APIs throughout their lifecycle, from design and testing through deployment and production support.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, enhance, and support secure, scalable, and high-performing APIs and microservices for Payments, Money Movement, and Information Reporting platforms
• Participate in the modernization and migration of APIs and integration services from on-premises environments to AWS cloud-native architectures
• Develop cloud-native solutions leveraging AWS services including API Gateway, Lambda, ECS, Step Functions, SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, RDS, S3, IAM, KMS, and AWS Transfer Family
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs and microservices using Java, Spring Boot, and AWS-native technologies while following enterprise architecture and security standards
• Support and enhance existing API platforms by troubleshooting issues, implementing new functionality, improving resiliency, and optimizing performance
• Develop and maintain event-driven solutions using Apache Kafka, Amazon SNS, and Amazon SQS to support real-time payment and money movement processing
• Build, deploy, and support containerized applications using OpenShift, Docker, and AWS ECS platforms
• Collaborate with architects, product owners, business partners, and engineering teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Implement secure coding practices and API security controls including authentication, authorization, encryption, and secrets management
• Optimize API performance, scalability, and reliability through performance tuning, monitoring, and proactive problem resolution
• Participate in API migration activities, including legacy application assessment, refactoring, testing, deployment, and production cutover support
• Create and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform to automate provisioning and deployment of cloud resources
• Implement and support CI/CD pipelines to enable automated build, testing, deployment, and release processes
• Utilize observability and monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, Amazon CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray, Grafana, and Splunk to monitor application health and troubleshoot production issues
• Participate in on-call support, incident resolution, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure platform stability and operational excellence
• Contribute to code reviews, technical design discussions, and engineering best practices to improve software quality and maintainability

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree and 2 years of experience in Software application development and maintenance OR High School Diploma or GED and 6 years of experience in Software application development and maintenance
• 2+ years of experience with enterprise-scale APIs utilizing AWS technologies such as API Gateway, Lambda, ECS, Step Functions, SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, RDS, S3, IAM, and KMS
• 2+ years experience in Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, RESTful API development, microservices architecture, API security, and cloud-native application design.
• Experience with Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and observability tools such as Dynatrace, AppDynamics, AWS CloudWatch, Splunk, Grafana, or similar platforms
• Experience with Terraform, Docker, OpenShift, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and event-driven architectures
• Hands-on experience leading API modernization and cloud migration initiatives, including decomposition of monolithic applications into microservices, is strongly preferred