Who We Are
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 eight 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.
What We Do
Do you thrive in a start-up, collaborative environment with the funding of a large company? Are you motivated by creating high-quality, maintainable, and secure data solutions? If so, join our growing Underwriting Innovation Team as Senior Data Engineer to help us accelerate our digital transformation. We are looking for a data expert who will be instrumental in building innovative, cutting-edge platforms for advanced data processing and analytics. You’ll help senior department leadership drive the transformation of a traditionally paper-based business by re-imagining underwriting as a digital experience, thinking through both the underwriter’s and customer’s lenses. You will collaborate on a cross-functional team of product managers, user researchers, designers, engineers, and other professionals to create applications that our users love to use.
*** Candidates will need to be local to Southern California and will get to work out of First American’s Corporate HQ’s in Santa Ana, CA for 2-3 days a week. Remote work possible for exceptional candidates. ***
What You’ll Do:
- As a data expert, we will be asking you how to do things, as opposed to telling you how. Bring your strong sense of initiative, ownership, and collaboration.
- Be part of the innovation team working on cutting-edge platforms for advanced data processing and analytics.
- Create high-quality, maintainable, and secure data solutions.
- Collaborate on a cross-functional team of product managers, user researchers, designers, engineers, and other professionals to create applications that our users love to use.
- Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements. Automate manual processes, optimize data delivery, re-design infrastructure for greater scalability.
- Troubleshoot and resolve a wide range of data issues.
What You’ll Bring:
- Strong sense of initiative, ownership, and collaboration.
- 7+ years of hands-on experience in both SQL (relational) and NoSQL database technologies.
- Strong experience with ETL processes to ingest large amounts of data at regular intervals.
- Strong knowledge of database performance optimization techniques, such as clustered, non-clustered, spatial, full-text indexing, execution plans, etc.
- Demonstrated expertise in data modeling, database maintenance, monitoring, and performance tuning for both SQL (relational) and NoSQL databases.
- Exceptional analytical skills analyzing and validating large, complex data sets.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with precise documentation.
- Working knowledge of modern cloud computing technologies.
- Experience working with Agile SDLC methodology.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Preferred Skills:
- SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or similar relational database technology.
- MongoDB or similar NoSQL database technology. DynamoDB alone is generally insufficient.
- JavaScript/Node.js, Python, or similar scripting technology.
- AWS Cloud Services, including Application Load Balancer, CloudWatch, EC2, ElastiCache, IAM, KMS, Lambda, RDS, Secrets Manager, Step Functions, S3, Subnets, VPC, etc.
- CI/CD tools, Git, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, etc.
- Geospatial data knowledge, GeoJSON, Esri shapefiles.
- Working within a highly regulated industry such as Financial Services, Government, or Healthcare.
Salary Range: $87,900.00 - $182,700 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.
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What We Offer
By 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.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.
