Senior Software Engineer

Company: First American
Location: Irvine
Posted on: November 21, 2020

Job Description:

COMPANY SUMMARY

Join our team! As a global leader in providing title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, First American (NYSE: FAF) is an ideal place to build your career. We have been entrusted with helping our customers achieve and protect their dream of homeownership since 1889. We believe that our people are the key to the company s continued success, and we invest in diverse talents and backgrounds and empower our teams to achieve more than they could anywhere else. First American has created an award-winning culture and has been named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list for the fifth consecutive year and to more than 50 regional Best Places to Work lists. For more information, please visit www.careers.firstam.com

JOB SUMMARY

JOB SUMMARY

We are seeking a strong Senior Software Engineer to join our Agile Software Development team! As a Senior Software Engineer, you will participate in the design, development, coding, testing, debugging, integration and maintenance of software code for business applications. You'll be responsible for maintaining a multi-tier application and transforming those applications to move to the AWS Cloud. You'll work with multiple technical teams to understand problems with software and develop specifications to resolve them.

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 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. The ability to build productive relationships with colleagues and customers will make you successful in this role.

*Position open for remote work!

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

* Strong application development experience. (C#, .Net, VB.Net, Java, JavaScript, SQL)

* Provide reliable delivery estimates

* Provides maintenance of developed software including regression testing and debugging

* Experience building and leading a team in development, and maintenance of software code for business applications

* Understands the importance Automated Unit Testing

* Demonstrated passion for Agile development best practices

* Formulates and defines system scope and objectives for assigned projects

* Responsible for integration with Internal/External integration partners

* Formulate and define system scope and objectives through research and fact-finding to develop or modify internal business systems

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

* Fluent in multiple application development languages at an expert level

* Expertise with developing multiple tiers of multi-tiered software applications

* Expertise in Security best practices in remediating OWASP top 10 & CWE top 25 vulnerabilities

* Experience designing application systems

* AWS Cloud Experience

* Azure DevOps GIT

* Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery

* Constantly updating personal technical and business knowledge and skills and mentoring others to increase the knowledge and skills of the team

* Strong organizational and Project Management skills

* Strong written and verbal communication skills

TYPICAL EDUCATION

* Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience

TYPICAL RANGE OF EXPERIENCE

* 5+ years of directly related experience

* Previous leadership experience is must

* Experience working with distributed team is preferred

* Experience working with software integrations

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. For more information about our Company and our dedication to putting People First, check out firstam.com/careers..

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