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

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: