Remote - Principal Engineer / Architect
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Company Summary
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 seven 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.
Job Summary
**Remote Work Welcome**
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 principal software development engineer, 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.
Responsibilities:
Work with other senior leaders on the team to build the technical strategy & architecture for a broad area
Collaborate with product managers to translate business requirements into system specific functional requirements
Design, develop, and implement world-class, secure software and services
Champion change and act as project leader, evaluate design alternatives and perform cost benefit analysis
Develop tools & processes to enable best-in-class operations for our service
Mentor other developers and contribute to the growth and development of our team
Basic Qualifications
BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
10+ years of experience designing and building customer facing software products from concept to launch
Demonstrated leadership abilities driving operational excellence and best practices
Experience developing cloud software services
Experience with a variety of modern programming languages (C#/C++, .Net, Java, JavaScript, Python) and open-source technologies (Linux, SQL & NoSQL, OpenGL, Spring, Hibernate)
Familiarity with Enterprise technology tools: Service Bus, Caching, SQL ecosystem, NoSQL, Multithread, Performance Optimization
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 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
Technology Stack
An ideal candidate will have a demonstrable understanding and/or hands-on experience with most of the following technologies:
React, Angular, HTML, CSS
TypeScript, C#, SQL, Yaml, JSON, Terraform, CDK
Microservices Architecture and Cloud Native Design Patterns
AWS Services, such as API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, OpenSearch, CloudWatch, Event Bridge, RDS, EKS, ECS, Docker, etc
OAuth2, OpenID Connect
Postman, Cypress, xUnit, nUnit,
REST, GraphQL, SOAP
CI/CD pipelines in ADO or other platforms
Pay Range: $103,620 - $172,700
This hiring range is a good faith and reasonable estimate of the salary range of possible compensation at the time of the posting, and is subject to change. The actual compensation offered will be determined by various factors, which may include a candidate’s education, training, experience, and geographic location.
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First American invests in its employees' development and well-being, empowers them to provide superior customer service and encourages them to serve the communities where they live and work. First American is committed to diversity and inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer.
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.
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