Data Engineer | Enterprise Technology & Security Development Program (July 2026)

Description

DATA ENGINEER | ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY & SECURITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Get ready to make your mark! Jumpstart your career through hands-on, impactful work, comprehensive training and development, and exposure to executive leadership, paving the way for a robust career at Citizens.

We know that everything is driven by technology. At Citizens, we invest in the humans who build the logic, ideas and innovations that bring new technologies to life. It’s why we’ve made a substantial investment to build and support our in-house tech firm. In our Enterprise Technology & Security Development Program (ETSDP), you will help build next-generation services and collaborate with fintech partners on innovative solutions. Bring your whole self to work, including your passion for what’s possible and your critical thinking skills. Joining us on our transformation journey means you’ll get to reinvent what banking looks and feels like for millions of people!

THIS PROGRAM HAS A START DATE OF JULY 2026

Data Engineer Rotation

In this year-long program you will develop the skills and knowledge necessary to have a successful career. You’ll complete three different Data Engineer rotations across various teams within the business line. Each of these rotations will offer unique opportunities to participate in meaningful, hands-on projects. You’ll leverage advanced analytics and big data techniques to derive valuable insights from enterprise data and deliver those insights back to stakeholders. You will filter, tag, join, parse, and normalize data sets and work appropriately to design ingestion mechanisms. Finally, you will create integrated views based on customer requirements. Sample responsibilities include:

• Implementing data integration solutions for multiple platforms in Citizens.

• Building robust data pipelines to collect process and compute different metrics from various financial sources, adhering to quality and development standards.

• Focusing on designing data stores, software engineering, and making sure data is available for those who need it.

• Collaborating with cross functional team members as necessary and producing optimal solutions that meet data demands.

• Deploy high performing, quality/bug-free code in production.

• Executing unit test of data populated in target data container, validating expected result, and ensuring quality and accuracy. Coordinating with business users for User Acceptance Testing and with Operations team for code deployment to upper environments.

• Following change management team stipulations on path to production requirements and strictly adhering to the compliance and regulatory needs.

• Applying extensive knowledge on data stores and best engineering practices: handling and logging errors, monitoring the system, building human-fault-tolerant pipelines, scalability, continuous integration, understanding database administration, and maintaining data cleaning.

• 4-day in-person event with bank-wide development program colleagues

• Professional development workshops (including Presence & Presentation)

• Networking opportunities with senior leadership across all areas of Citizens

• Dedicated community service activities to include direct service or skills-based volunteering to local organizations across our footprint.

All ETSDP colleagues will spend their first 5 weeks together for on-boarding, orientation, and our in-house Tech Made Ready Academy.

Early Career Development Program (ECDP)

All ETSDP colleagues will participate in the Early Career Development Program (ECDP) this robust program is designed to give our new colleagues a solid foundation to Citizens . Through the ECDP, you’ll experience:

Life after the program

Upon successful completion of the ETS Development Program, colleagues will be placed on a team where you will continue to develop your Data Engineering career.

What you’ll need to apply

Basic qualifications:

• Successfully complete a video interview assessment within 4 days of receiving the link. If not completed within the timeframe, your application will be automatically withdrawn from consideration.

• Recently completed a bachelor’s degree in computer science, mathematics, statistics, engineering, or other technology-related degree.

• Graduation date of Spring 202 6

• Minimum GPA 3.0.

• Experience working with raw as well as prepared datasets

• Understanding of master data management principles and processes

• Demonstrated ability to operate in a team environment, strong interpersonal and communication skills.

• Previous professional exposure to software development and/or engineering.

• Familiarity with ETL, ELT, Star Schema, Hadoop, Apache Spark, Beam, Flink, and/or message brokers/messaging platforms such as Apache Kafka

• Understanding of the banking industry, specifically the functions of custodial and consumer banking.

Preferred qualifications:

• Previous professional exposure to software development and/or engineering.

• Familiarity with ETL, ELT, Star Schema, Hadoop, Apache Spark, Beam, Flink, and/or message brokers/messaging platforms such as Apache Kafka

• Understanding of the banking industry, specifically the functions of custodial and consumer banking.

Pay Transparency

The position offers $80,000 per year as a starting rate.

We offer competitive pay, comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, maternity/paternity leave, flexible work arrangements, education reimbursement, wellness programs and more. Note, Citizens’ paid time off policy exceeds the mandatory, paid sick or paid time-away policy of every local and state jurisdiction in the United States. For an overview of our benefits, visit

Please note that U.S. Immigration sponsorship or work visa is not available for this position and candidates must have permanent authorization to work in the U.S.

Hours and Work Schedule

Hours per Week: 40

Work Schedule: M-F 8:30am - 5pm

Some job boards have started using jobseeker-reported data to estimate salary ranges for roles. If you apply and qualify for this role, a recruiter will discuss accurate pay guidance.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Citizens, its parent, subsidiaries, and related companies (Citizens) provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, citizenship, physical or mental disability, perceived disability or history or record of a disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, genetic characteristic, marital or domestic partner status, victim of domestic violence, family status/parenthood, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, pregnancy/childbirth/lactation, colleague’s or a dependent’s reproductive health decision making, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by federal, state and/or local laws. At Citizens, we are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that enables all colleagues to bring their best selves to work every day and everyone is expected to be treated with respect and professionalism. Employment decisions are based solely on merit, qualifications, performance and capability.

Why Work for Us

At Citizens, you'll find a customer-centric culture built around helping our customers and giving back to our local communities. When you join our team, you are part of a supportive and collaborative workforce, with access to training and tools to accelerate your potential and maximize your career growth

Background Check

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the candidate successfully passing a background check, which may include initial credit, motor vehicle record, public record, prior employment verification, and criminal background checks. Results of the background check are individually reviewed based upon legal requirements imposed by our regulators and with consideration of the nature and gravity of the background history and the job offered. Any offer of employment will include further information.

09/18/2025