Software Engineer, Trust

Join a team that puts its People First! As a member of the First American family of companies, First American Trust is a federal savings bank that has provided banking, wealth management, and trust solutions on a national, full-service basis for more than five decades. 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

As a Software Engineer, you will be responsible for 100% hands on coding as well as supporting and contributing to the architecture, and design of cloud-native applications. Best fit candidates will be passionate about new opportunities and have a demonstrated track record of success in delivering new features and products. You love coding and find yourself keeping up with the latest technology trends. You tinker, explore and regularly read to stay in touch with the development community and are passionate about discovering ways to improve quality, reusability, extensibility, and consistency. You are multi-faceted with a great mix of technical and interpersonal skills, which enables you to succeed in highly collaborative and agile work environments.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to design, development, coding, testing, debugging, and deploying of software in a cloud environment

• Modify and enhance existing applications as well as assist the team on product delivery by writing code and reviewing pull requests

• Independently define and prioritize goals and tasks in a fast-paced, agile product environment with small, focused teams

• Communicate effectively with a variety of stakeholders to ensure project success

• On call by rotation and after-hours support driven by business needs

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent combination of education and experience

• 1+ years of experience with Python, React or Ruby on Rails

• 2+ years of experience in software development

Desired Skills

• Strong knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, CI/CD, and DevOps

• Fluency with multi-platform software utilizing various programming environments and tools

• Strong experience designing and developing solutions using cloud technology (preferable AWS)

• Deep understanding on API strategies and best practices

• Excellent communication skills in spoken and written English language

• Eager to learn new languages and technologies

TARGET TECHNOLOGY STACK:
Ruby On Rails, NodeJS, Python, React, JavaScript/TypeScript, Azure, GraphQL/REST API, Relational Databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL etc.), NoSQL Databases (MongoDB etc.)

DEVELOPMENT TOOLS:
Docker, Linux on Windows, AzureDevOps for pipelines, GIT, VSCode, NPM Package Management

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.