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 the best-of-the-best technology experts who will envision, design, build, and deliver innovative solutions that provide exceptional experiences and lasting value to our customers.
First American is seeking a Senior SailPoint Software Engineer. This person will lead the architecture, development, and optimization of our SailPoint platform. The ideal 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 SailPoint 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 that supports our most complex functional areas. You will architect and implement modern, world-class services that are scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant.
Leadership: Have a clear vision for the SailPoint platform and develop a long-term strategy to achieve its goals. Provides technical expertise in software development and make informed decisions about the technical architecture and design to deliver for the business. Champion technology and architecture-related investments, advocating for the prioritizing 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 teams. 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 by providing regular feedback and driving continuous improvement. Assist in improving architectural standards and best practices. Build proof-of-concepts to validate architectural approaches and evaluate emerging technologies.
What You'll Bring:
8+ years in software engineering, with experience in large-scale distributed system development, including hands-on operational experience.
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 backend services and APIs using modern architectures (Macro/ Mini/Microservices).
Demonstrable knowledge of data structures, asynchronous architectures, and distributed algorithms.
Strong understanding of software engineering principles and modern infrastructure operations.
Ability to build robust, scalable, generic, and reusable solutions.
Experience mentoring and training engineering teams on best development practices.
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 of productivity metrics (e.g., code churn, commit size, test coverage, etc.) to inform areas for continuous improvement.
Effective verbal and written communication skills, with strong relationship-building, collaboration, and organizational abilities.
Ideally, you will also have experience with:
Proficiency in Java, Beanshell/JavaScript, and PowerShell. Experience with HTML, CSS, and AngularJS is a plus.
Strong knowledge of relational databases (e.g., MySQL) and experience with database design and optimization.
Experience with REST/SOAP API integrations and web services, XML, JSON, and related integration technologies.
Strong knowledge of SailPoint best practices.
Automated software testing (unit, integration, contract).
Certifications: SailPoint Identity Security Engineer or Identity Security Professional Credential are highly desirable.
Pay Range: $126,100 - $168,125 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.
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 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.** 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.
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.Top Skills
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).
