Established in 1935, First Bank is now the largest independent, full-service community bank headquartered in North Carolina. With more than 100 branches across the Carolinas, we provide the best-in-class financial solutions, advice and technology you need to manage your home or business—with local decision makers who know your name and live in your neighborhood. Come see why individuals, families and businesses have trusted us for generations.  

Member FDIC | Equal Housing Lender

Industry: Banking
Company Size: 1,001-5,000 employees

First Bank (FBNC)

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**SUMMARY: **

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We are seeking a talented Software Developer with a strong focus on web development and user interface design, along with hands‑on full‑stack experience. This role will contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of modern, scalable web applications, with an emphasis on usability, performance, maintainability, and brand consistency.

The ideal candidate enjoys collaborating closely with designers, digital marketing partners, architects, and product stakeholders, and is comfortable working across both front‑end and back‑end layers of an application.

This role balances custom application development with CMS‑based platforms that support digital marketing initiatives.

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**ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: **

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- Design, develop, and maintain responsive, user‑friendly web applications.

- Build intuitive and accessible user interfaces using modern front‑end frameworks.

- Ensure all user interfaces adhere to established brand standards, design guidelines, and visual identity.

- Collaborate with digital marketing partners and designers to translate designs and campaigns into high‑quality implementations.

- Participate in marketing‑related planning and working sessions to support digital initiatives and ensure alignment.

- Ensure application performance, security, and scalability.

- Write clean, well‑documented, and testable code.

- Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices.

- Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve software defects.

- Develop and integrate RESTful APIs and backend services.

- Work with databases and data models to support application functionality.

- Collaborate with cross‑functional teams across engineering, product, and marketing.

- Completes annual compliance courses.

- Adheres specifically to all corporate policies and procedures. Also adheres to Federal and State regulations and laws; including, the Bank Secrecy Act and the Anti-Money Laundering Act.

- Adheres to all levels of our Service Excellence standards.

- Performs other duties as required.

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**GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS: **

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**Knowledge & Experience **:  These specifications are general guidelines based on the minimum experience normally considered essential to the satisfactory performance of this position.   Individual abilities may result in some deviation from these guidelines.

- Strong experience with web development technologies, including:

HTML, CSS, JavaScript / TypeScript

Modern front‑end frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue)

- Experience developing and maintaining WordPress‑based websites, including custom themes, plugins, or integrations

- Working full‑stack experience, including:

Server‑side development (e.g., Node.js, .NET, Java, or similar)

API design and integration (REST / JSON)

Relational and/or NoSQL databases

- Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git)

- Understanding of web accessibility, performance optimization, and responsive design.

- Strong problem‑solving and communication skills.

- Experience partnering with digital marketing teams and graphic designers on user‑facing web initiatives (preferred).

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience

- Experience with design systems and component libraries (preferred).

- Familiarity with cloud platforms e.g., Azure, AWS, or GCP (preferred).

- Experience with HubSpot, including CMS, forms, integrations, or marketing‑driven web workflows (preferred).

- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices (preferred).

- Knowledge of authentication and authorization patterns (preferred).

- Exposure to automated testing frameworks: unit, integration, or UI testing (preferred).

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**Physical Demands/Work Environment: **Vision, hearing, speech, dexterity, visual concentration.  A valid driver’s license is required.  Must have the ability to stand, walk, sit and use hands and fingers.  Must have the ability to work the hours and days required to complete the essential functions of the position, as scheduled.  The environment is a professional office with standard office equipment.

**Cognitive Requirements: **  Learning, thinking, concentration, ability to exercise self-control, ability to work in a customer relations’ environment.  Must be able to pay close attention to detail and be able to work as a member of a team.  Must have the ability to interact effectively with co-workers and customers, and exercise self-control and diplomacy in customer and employee relations’ situations.  Must have the ability to exercise discretion as well as appropriate judgments when necessary.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Frontend Software Developer

PawMetric combines behavioral science, real-world data, and AI to predict dog selection success — matching every puppy to its purpose. Our platform helps breeders, trainers, and mission teams make confident, evidence-based decisions that improve outcomes and strengthen every dog-handler partnership.

We believe great dogs start with the right puppy—but selecting that puppy remains one of the most uncertain and costly decisions in the process. From guide and assistance dogs to other working dogs such as police, military and hunting dogs, each puppy can cost over $100,000 to breed, raise, and train — and still, up to 75% never graduate. Even for companion animals, the impact of a poor match carries significant financial and emotional costs for families.

PawMetric changes that. Built on years of working dog expertise and research in canine behavior, our AI-driven platform delivers predictive insights into temperament and potential — helping identify the right role for each dog earlier and more accurately than ever before.

Where current practice often relies on instinct, we bring evidence.
Where uncertainty exists, we provide clarity.
Because every dog deserves to succeed in the role it was born to fulfill.

Industry: Technology, Information and Internet
Company Size: 2-10 employees

PawMetric

**Vice President, Hardware & Software Engineering **

**PawMetric · Raleigh–Durham, NC **

**Company Description **

PawMetric is commercializing AI-driven biometric assessment technology for working dogs — guide dogs, military working dogs, and police K9 units. Our system uses a sensor-equipped harness and proprietary AI algorithms to predict temperament and suitability with a precision that has never existed before. The technology was developed at NC State University and is backed by data from ~2,000 puppies. We are at TRL 5 — proven in the field, ready to harden for commercial scale.

**The Role **

The Vice President, Hardware & Software Engineering will report to the CEO and will be responsible for:

- Hardware platform development strategy

- Software architecture and system integration

- Engineering architecture decisions

- Selection and management of contract engineering partners

This is a hands-on technical leadership role suited for someone who has previously brought integrated hardware-software products from prototype to market.

**Hardware & Supply Chain **

- Assess the current harness and sensor system and define exactly what 'production-ready' means

- Identify and qualify a domestic contract manufacturer for ruggedized harnesses (ITAR-compliant supply chain required for our DoD market path)

- Identify, vet, down select and engage a harness manufacturer

- Identify and engage strategic manufacturing partners — companies in adjacent industries who see PawMetric as a non-competitive opportunity to extend their product line, supply chain, or customer base

**Software & Data Systems **

- The current field software is a research-grade patchwork. It needs to become a clean, user-friendly tablet or phone-based interface — likely browser-based

- Data flows from harness to laptop to cloud for AI processing. We need someone who understands this edge-to-cloud architecture and can direct the redesign with outsourced development partners

- Identify and manage contract software development firms to execute the UI overhaul and backend hardening — we are not building an internal dev team

**Product & Commercial Readiness **

- Validate existing cost estimates and 6-month delivery timeline — then own them

- Build COGS, operational cost, and time-to-delivery models that can support fundraising

- Manage delivery and setup with initial paying customers across the guide and assistance dog market, followed by field trials across military working and police dog markets

**Who You Are **

- A seasoned operator who has taken a hardware-software product from late-stage prototype to commercial production — you know what this actually takes

- Technically credible across systems, product management, and supply chain — you don't need to write the code or solder the board, but you can evaluate the people who do

- Experienced with outsourced manufacturing and contract development — you know how to find, qualify, and manage external partners

- Comfortable with edge computing concepts and mobile-first software architecture

- Entrepreneurial enough to think beyond the immediate task — can you find a contract manufacturer who becomes a long-term strategic partner? That kind of thinking matters here

- Located within driving distance of NC State University in Raleigh, NC — face time with our research team and grad students is essential at this stage

**Compensation **

Equity only at this stage. Zero salary until funded. The equity offer will reflect the nature of this role. We are direct about the risk — and about the upside if we execute.

**If the mission resonates, and you have done this before, we want to hear from you. **

Vice President, Hardware & Software Engineering

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