Senior Full Stack Software Engineer (Remote)

Who We Are

Join a team that puts its People First! First American's Direct division provides comprehensive title insurance protection and professional settlement services for real estate purchases, refinances and equity loans. Since 1889, First American (NYSE: FAF) has held an unwavering belief in its people. They are passionate about what they do, and we are equally passionate about fostering an environment where all feel welcome, supported, and empowered to be innovative and reach their full potential. Our inclusive, people-first culture has earned our company numerous accolades, including being named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list for eight consecutive years. We have also earned awards as a best place to work for women, diversity and LGBTQ+ employees, and have been included on more than 50 regional best places to work lists. First American will always strive to be a great place to work, for all. For more information, please visit www.careers.firstam.com.

What We Do

First American is building a cutting edge, internal consulting team to grow our business through delighting our customer. If you crave customer satisfaction, are lit up by technology and live for transformation, this is the job for you. As a senior full stack software engineer on the team, you will be responsible for supporting and contributing to the architecture, and design, as well as leading the development, and launch of core product features. You will have significant influence on our overall strategy by helping define these product features, drive the system architecture, and spearhead the best practices that enable a quality product. The ideal candidate is passionate about new opportunities and has a demonstrated track record of success in delivering new features and products. A commitment to teamwork, hustle, and strong communication skills (to both business and technical partners) are absolute requirements. Creating reliable, scalable, and high-performance products requires exceptional technical expertise, a sound understanding of the fundamentals of Computer Science, and practical experience building large-scale distributed systems. This person has thrived and succeeded in delivering high quality technology products/services and will flourish in an environment where new opportunities and challenges arise frequently. We seek a great team player who will naturally elevate the performance of the people around them. High collaboration with Product and Design are imperative. The ability to build productive relationships with colleagues and customers will make you successful in this role.

What You'll Do

• Work with other senior leaders on the team to build the technical strategy & architecture for a broad area
• Design & develop world-class, secure software and services
• Coordinate team development activities
• Develop tools & processes to enable best-in-class operations for our service

What You'll Bring

• BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field
• 8+ years of experience building production software systems
• Experience leading a product through the full development life cycle: concept, prototype, test, implementation, improvement
• Experience developing software solutions which leverage AWS’s service offering and take advantage of cloud-native design patterns.
• Experience with a variety of modern programming languages (C# .Net, Java, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, nodeJS) and frameworks (Angular, React)
• Experienced in implementing scalable & resilient solutions using foundational AWS services including S3, Lambda, RDS. DynamoDB, API Gateway, SNS, SQS, & Elasticache.
• Computer Science fundamentals experience in data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis
• OO design/development experience
• Test Driven Development experience
• Rigorous focus on security at all levels of the application, a "shift left" mentality

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a consulting environment
• Experience with distributed computing and enterprise-wide systems
• Experience defining system architectures and exploring technical feasibility tradeoffs
• Development experience defining, developing and maintaining web service API's
• Ability to mentor other software developers to maintain architectural vision and software quality
• Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior management to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
• Experience taking a leading role in building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Experience in influencing software engineering best practices within your team
• Familiarity in Financial and Insurance industry is a plus

*Remote candidates encouraged to apply!

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What We Offer

By choice, we don’t simply accept individuality – we embrace it, we support it, and we thrive on it! Our People First Culture celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion not simply because it’s the right thing to do, but also because it’s the key to our success. We are proud to foster an authentic and inclusive workplace For All. You are free and encouraged to bring your entire, unique self to work. First American is an equal opportunity employer in every sense of the term.

Based on eligibility, First American offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401k, PTO/paid sick leave and other great benefits like an employee stock purchase plan.