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First American Title Insurance Company Principal Engineer (Remote) in Seattle, Washington
Who We AreJoin 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 nine 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 DoParticipates in the design, development, coding, testing, and debugging of innovative products and functionality for client applications across the enterprise. Drawing upon technical background, critical thinking and problem-solving skills to drive continuous process improvement and innovative ideas, working with a cross-functional team to deliver timely, high quality and well tested code that drives change. HOW YOU'LL CONTRIBUTE Collaborate with product managers to translate business requirements into system specific functional requirements. Responsible for design and full implementation of product; ensures architecture meets design specs. Performs tasks necessary to support design, QA and implementation teams necessary to rollout product. Research, design, write, test and implement new software applications and systems. Modify and enhance existing complex applications and systems. Champion change; drive and set technical direction for the functional group. Responsible for quality assurance review. Acts as project leader for projects with small budgets or limited duration. Propose and split large architectural objectives into smaller incremental objectives Evaluate design alternatives, and perform cost benefit analysis Lead the design and development of projects that involve any or all layers of our stack Work with cross-functional teams to deliver timely, high quality, and well-tested code Help define and enforce standards regarding architecture, quality, and performance Mentor other developers and contribute to the growth and development of our team Help evolve the engineering culture at First American Required to perform duties outside of normal work hours based on business needs. Other duties as assigned WHAT YOU'LL BRING Required Education, Experience, Certification/Licensure Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience May require advanced degree Typically have 7+ years of directly related experience. 10+ years of experience designing and building customer facing software products from concept to launch Experience developing in a microservices architecture, following domain-driven design principles Demonstrated leadership abilities driving operational excellence and best practices KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES (KSAs) Fluent in multiple application development languages at an expert level Experience with various computer platforms and application environments Expertise with developing multiple tiers of multi-tiered software applications Advanced expertise in designing programs, applications and systems Constantly updating technical knowledge and skills and mentoring others to increase the skill level of the department Must have conceptual understanding of domain technologies. Ability to convey technical and conceptual ideas/topics to non-technical personnel Presentation skills Strong organizational or Project Management skills Ability to design systems with Infrastructure, Network and server operations team in building complex enterprise l