ID
#45264803
Job type
Permanent
Salary
TBD
Source
First American Financial Corporation
Date
2022-08-26
Deadline
2022-10-25

Senior Software Engineering Manager

California, Los angeles, 90071

Permanent

Vacancy expired!

Company Summary

Join a team that puts its People First! First American's Agency Division is dedicated to providing our policy-issuing agents with resources, services and underwriting guidance needed to achieve new levels of success. 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

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.

Job Summary

As a Senior Software Engineering Manager, you will manage a team of 10-15 engineers operating in small squads of 4-5 engineers and work directly with Product, Research and Design teams as well as customer stake holders and technical leads to build complex custom software applications. You will have a significant impact to the development and launch of a new cloud-native application.

The Engineering Manager is the principal leader of the engineering team who is responsible for ensuring engineering output meets the highest of quality standards and that the team continues to thrive, grow and continuously improve.

Responsibilities

As an engineering manager supporting the development of a product, you are responsible for:

Strategy and Consulting

Run and / or participate in product ideation and discovery process.
Work with your team to choose the tools, architecture, and platforms used to deliver client products.
Define quality standards for client products.

Hiring and Training

Attract, nurture, coach, and retain talent.
Ensure every assigned engineer has a career progression plan with regular check-in points and real-time feedback.
Ensure engineers are provided with continuous and valuable learning opportunities.
Contribute to determining engineering salary ranges and adjustments.
Contribute to defining and building the vision for our engineering organization.
Contribute to defining quality standards for our work.
Contribute to creating training and learning material and opportunities for engineers.
Responsible for secure engineering

Managing and Directing

Talk to engineers to tease out concerns early, then fix them when possible.
Resolve conflicts or performance problems with engineers.
Embody the engineering culture and contribute to its advancement, inspiring everyone to live up to it.
Maintainer and contributor to our company engineering internal and public artifacts such as our quality standards and guidelines.
Represent the engineering organization with other departments and ensure we provide engineering support wherever necessary in the company.

Engineering and Delivery

Responsible for the quality and quantity of the engineering output.
Responsible for the continuous, iterative improvement of our engineering team.
Responsible for the overall planning, execution, and success of complex technical projects.
Work closely with product management team to ensure we're building the best products.

Technology Stack

An ideal candidate will have a demonstrable understanding and/or hands-on experience with most of the following:

Client-side frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue
Serverless technology hosted by cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud (AWS Preferred)
Enterprise programming languages such as Java, C, C#, JavaScript, Python
REST-based API, microservices and event driven architecture
CI/CD and DevOps Tools and technologies

Qualifications

Experience leading distributed development teams with at least 5-10 team members.
Experience in building DevOps, Agile, and continuous integration development culture
Experience with Cloud providers and working with large scale systems (AWS Preferred)
A proven track record of successfully leading software and web development projects.
Strong understanding of the Software design/architecture process, working closely with Solutions Architecture team for optimal design.
Strong experience leading design and implementation of robust and highly scalable web services
Solid communication skills: Demonstrated ability to explain complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences.
A technical leader able to work in a fast-paced start-up type environment.
Exceptional leadership in project management, evangelizer, and enforcer of the standards and guidelines of our Development Process. (Industry best practice)
Project Management and Agile/Scrum training are a plus

Typical Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience

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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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