Sr. Engineering Manager

Be part of a transformative team that is shaping the way First American builds and delivers world-class technology products that fuel the real estate industry. We are looking for technology expertswhowill envision, design, build, and deliver innovative solutions thatprovideexceptional experiences and lasting value to our customers.

First American is seeking candidates for a leadership role inPlatformEngineering. An ideal candidate has strong technicalexpertise, a productmindset,andtakes a hands-on approachtodriving engineeringbestpractices. As theSeniorManager ofPlatformEngineering, you will build and lead a team of skilledcloud and platformengineers toenhanceandoperateourmulti-cloudenvironmentusing modern tools, techniques, andcloud-nativeservices.

*Remote Work Welcome*

WhatYou’llDo:

• Technical Leadership: Provide vision and technical leadership to guide a team of engineers in designing, delivering, and supporting a robust set of APIs and back-end services.  You will use the necessary architectural principles and implementmodern,world-class, secure engineering practices that are scalable,highly available, andfault-tolerant. At times, you may need to roll up your sleeves to engage and remove obstacles. This also includes work breakdown, prioritization, and backlog management.

• Collaborate/Partner: Collaboratewith product management,software engineering,platform,andothercross-functional teams and leaders to iteratively design, develop, andvalidateoutcome-driven technology solutions. You will enable the successful adoption of solutions delivered by the team and contribute to organization-wide initiatives.

• PeopleLeadership & Development: Our people are our greatestasset,and you will mentor, coach, train, and support your team and others in their careers and personal growth.

• Quality & Security Focused: Drive the implementation of functionallyappropriateand technically sound solutionsthatmeet all quality & security standards.

• Continuous Improvement: Lead the team in achieving ambitious goals, providing regular feedback, and driving continuous improvement.

WhatYou’llBring:

• 3-5 years managingcloud and platformengineering teams in a fast-paced environment.

• 6+ years ofbuildingHA and DRsolutions in one ormore ofAzure, AWS, and GCP.

• Proventrack recordof deliveringfit-for-purpose, technicalsolutionsbalancing complexity, performance, and maintainability.

• Leadership skills to mobilize and motivate a high-functioning engineering team.

• Passion, perspective, and empathy for unblocking software engineering teams working to achieve their goals.

• A balanced approach betweenPlatformEngineering principles and modern Infrastructure Operations.

• Ability to architect and design robust, high-scale systems and challenge engineers to think bigger and more generically in developingsolutions. Ability to mentorcloud and platformengineers tomaintainarchitectural vision and software quality.

• Knowledge of software engineering practices for theentiresoftware development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.

• Experience mentoring engineers at various levels andsupportingtheir career growth.

• An outcome-oriented approach using metrics and data to understanddevelopmentproductivity metrics (e.g., code churn, commit size, test coverage, etc.) to inform areas for continuousimprovement.

• Effectiveverbal and writtencommunication skills,with strongrelationship, collaboration, and organization skills.

Ideally, you will also have experience with:

• Automationand scripting (GitHub Actions, Python, bash,PowerShell)

• Containerized development (Docker).

• Kubernetes.

• Infrastructure automation tooling such as Terraform and Ansible.

• AWS Cloud Services: API Gateway, EC2, EKS, Fargate, ECR, S3, Lambda, RDS,ALB, SQS, SNS,CloudWatch,CloudTrail,Secrets Manager, VPC, Subnets,IAM,Security Groups, Transit gateways

• AzureCloud Services: API Management, VM, AKS, Container Apps/Registry,Storage Accounts, Functions, App Gateway, Service Bus, Azure Monitor/Activity Log,Key Vault, VNET, NSG, Virtual WAN, Peering

• GCP Cloud Services: API Gateway, Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Run/Storage/Functions/SQL,AlloyDB, Pub/Sub, Cloud Monitoring/Logging/Audit, Secret Manager, VPC, IAM, NCC, Cloud Router

• Working within a highly regulated industry such as Financial Services or Healthcare.

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What We Offer

By choice, wedon’tsimply accept individuality – we embrace it, we support it, and we thrive on it! Our People First Culture celebrates diversity,equityand inclusion not simply becauseit’sthe right thing to do, but also becauseit’sthe 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 sickleaveand other great benefits like an employee stock purchase plan.