candidate has strong technical expertise, a product mindset, and takes a hands-on approach to building high-quality and sustainable software products. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will lead projects as part of small, focused engineering delivery teams, to build fast, clean, reliable code that drives business value for our customers.
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.
Shape Technical Strategy: Have a clear vision for SailPoint platform and can
develop a long-term strategy to achieve the goals. Provides technical expertise in software development and makes informed decisions about the technical
architecture and design to deliver for the business. Champion technology and
architecture-related investments, advocating for the priority of this work.
Collaborate/Partner: Partner with product management to envision future
features and help plan product roadmaps. Define solution architectures that align with business needs in collaboration with product management and engineering. Facilitate collaborative design discussions and drive design reviews.
Operational Excellence: Implement solutions that are high-quality, secure, and
observable. Be an active member of the team contributing to reviews of design,
code, artifacts and metrics.
Continuous Improvement: Determined to achieve ambitious goals, providing
regular feedback, and driving continuous improvement. Assist with improving
architectural standards & best practices. Build proof-of-concepts to validate
architectural approaches and assess emerging technologies
What You’ll Bring:
o 8+ years in software engineering, with experience in large- scale
distributed system development including hands-on operational
experience.
o Experience driving engineering best practices for high-functioning
software engineering teams through effective use of tools and
automation.
o Passion and expertise for building large-scale, back-end services and
APIs, using modern architectures (Macro / Mini / Micro Services).
o Demonstrable knowledge of data structures, asynchronous
architectures and distributed algorithms.
o A strong understanding of software engineering principles and
modern infrastructure operations.
o Ability to build robust, high-scale, generic, and reusable solutions.
o Experience mentoring and training an engineering community on
development best practices.
o Familiarity with deployment and observability strategies that
support continuous delivery and high availability in a cloud-native
environment.
o 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.
o Effective communication skills, both verbal and written, with strong
relationship, collaborative, and organizational skills.
Ideally, you will also have experience with:
o Proficiency in Java, Beanshell,/JavaScript, and PowerShell.
Experience with HTML, CSS, and AngularJS is a plus.
o Strong knowledge of relational databases (e.g., MySQL) and
experience with database design and optimization
o Experience with REST/SOAP API integrations and web services, XML,
JSON, and other integration technologies.
o Strong knowledge of SailPoint best practices
o Automated software testing (unit, integration, contract)
o Certifications: SailPoint Identity Security Engineer Certification or
Identity Security Professional Credential are highly desirable
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.
** Note that the following statements only apply to candidates who will be working from an unincorporated area within Los Angeles County. **
First American will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (e.g., the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act).
First American intends to conduct a review of an applicant’s criminal history in connection with a conditional offer. First American reasonably believes that a criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following material job duties for this position potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: handling of confidential, proprietary or trade secret information belonging to First American or its customers, administrating or facilitating financial transactions, and the ability to meet customer-imposed criminal history requirements.
What We OfferBy choice, we don’t simply accept individuality – we embrace it, we support it, and we thrive on it! Our People First culture is inclusive for all employees - not just because it's the right thing to do, but 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.Skills Required
- 8+ years in software engineering with large-scale distributed system development and hands-on operational experience
- Experience driving engineering best practices using tools and automation
- Experience building large-scale back-end services and APIs using modern architectures (Macro/Mini/Microservices)
- Knowledge of data structures, asynchronous architectures, and distributed algorithms
- Strong understanding of software engineering principles and modern infrastructure operations
- Ability to build robust, high-scale, generic, and reusable solutions
- Experience mentoring and training engineering teams on development best practices
- Familiarity with deployment and observability strategies supporting continuous delivery and high availability in a cloud-native environment
- Outcome-oriented use of metrics and data to measure development productivity (code churn, commit size, test coverage, etc.)
- Effective verbal and written communication, strong collaboration and organizational skills
- Proficiency in Java, Beanshell, JavaScript, and PowerShell
- Experience with HTML, CSS, and AngularJS
- Strong knowledge of relational databases (e.g., MySQL) and database design/optimization
- Experience with REST/SOAP API integrations, XML, and JSON
- Strong knowledge of SailPoint best practices
- Automated software testing (unit, integration, contract)
- SailPoint Identity Security Engineer Certification or Identity Security Professional Credential
First American Title Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes medical, dental, vision, telehealth, and healthcare advocacy services, and is often described as a strong point. Low‑cost options in some cases help overall compensation feel more reasonable.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) savings plan with a company match is part of the package. This retirement support is highlighted as helping to offset base‑pay concerns in several roles.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An employee stock purchase plan is available and viewed favorably. Access to discounted equity contributes to the perceived competitiveness of total rewards.
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What We Do
First American provides financial services through its Title Insurance and Services segment and its Specialty Insurance segment. The First American Family of Companies’ core business lines include title insurance and closing/settlement services; title plant management services; title and other real property records and images; valuation products and services; home warranty products; property and casualty insurance; and banking, trust, and investment advisory services. First American Title Insurance Company provides comprehensive title insurance protection and professional settlement services for homebuyers and sellers, real estate agents and brokers, mortgage lenders, commercial property professionals, homebuilders and developers, title agencies and legal professionals to facilitate real estate purchases, construction, refinances or equity loans. First American's thorough title searches, title clearance and title insurance policies help to produce clear property titles and enable the efficient transfer of real estate. As one of the largest title insurance companies in the nation, First American offers title insurance and settlement services through its direct operations and an extensive network of agents throughout the United States and internationally. First American Title Insurance Company traces its history to 1889 and is the largest subsidiary of First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF).
