Senior Software Engineer

Who We Are

Join a team that puts its People First! 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 ten 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 seeking Senior Software Engineer candidates to grow our team. An ideal candidate has strong technical expertise, a product mindset, and takes a hands-on approach to building high-quality, sustainable software products. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will lead projects as part of a small, focused engineering delivery team to build fast, clean, reliable code that drives business value for our customers. **Remote Work Welcome**

What You’ll Do:

• Code: You will be an active contributor to the codebase, designing, developing, testing, and deploying code supporting our most complex functional areas.  You will architect and implement modern world-class services that are scalable, highly available, and fault tolerant. 
• Collaborate/Partner: Collaborate with product management, solution architects, and other cross-functional teams to iteratively design, develop, and validate outcome-driven technology solutions. 
• Operational Excellence: Implement high quality, secure, and observable solutions. Be an active member of the team, contributing to reviews of designs, code, artifacts, and metrics.  
• Continuous Improvement: Join a team determined to achieve ambitious goals, provide regular feedback, and drive continuous improvement. 

What You’ll Bring:

• 6+ years in software engineering, with experience in large-scale distributed system development, strong experience in development on integrations including hands-on operational experience
• 4+ years of In-depth experience with enterprise messaging platforms such as Apache Kafka, including experience in designing and implementing large-scale data streaming solutions
• 2+ years of experience with API management platforms 
• Experience driving engineering best practices for high-functioning software engineering teams through effective use of tools and automation. 
• Passion and expertise for building large-scale back-end services and APIs using modern architectures (macro / mini / microservices)
• A strong understanding of software engineering principles and modern infrastructure operations. 
• Ability to build robust, high-scale, generic and reusable solutions. 
• Ability to mentor and influence software engineers to share knowledge and improve quality. 
• Ability to unblock yourself and help accelerate the team in achieving their goals. 
• Familiarity with deployment and observability strategies that support continuous delivery and high availability in a cloud-native environment. 
• An outcome-oriented approach using metrics and data to understand development productivity metrics (e.g., code churn, commit size, test coverage, etc.) that inform areas for continuous improvement. 
  

Ideally, you will also have experience with: 

• Experience with building APIs using Node.js, TypeScript, or Python
• Containerization development (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• DevOps Practices including using CI/CD pipelines and automation for hands off production environments
• Infrastructure automation tooling such as Terraform
• Relational and NoSQL databases  
• Automated software testing (unit, integration, contract) 
• AWS Cloud Services: API Gateway, EC2, ECS, EKS, Fargate, ECR, S3, Elastic File System, Lambda, RDS, Application Load Balancer, SQS, Kinesis, SNS, ElastiCache, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager, VPC, Security Groups
• Working within a highly regulated industry such as Financial Services or Healthcare 
• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written, with strong relationships, collaborative, and organizational skills

Pay Range: $ 126,100 – $193,325 Annually 

This hiring range is a reasonable estimate of the base pay range for this position at the time of posting.  Pay is based on a number of factors which may include job-related knowledge, skills, experience, business requirements and geographic location.   

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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.