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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 eleven 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\nAs a Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for hands on coding as well as supporting and contributing to the architecture, design of cloud-native applications & mentoring junior software engineers. We're interested in talking to you if you're passionate about new opportunities and you 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.What You'll Do:\nContribute to design, development, coding, testing, debugging, and deploying of software in an Azure cloud environment\nModify and enhance existing applications as well as assist the team on product delivery by writing code and reviewing pull requests\nIndependently define, prioritize goals and tasks in a fast-paced agile product environment with small, focused teams\nCommunicate effectively with a variety of stakeholders to ensure project success\nOn call by rotation and after-hours support driven by business needs\nDerive optimal solutions and implement best coding practices\nWork with Solution Architect and strategize design plans\nPropose solutions to tough problems, build consensus among team & mentor junior developers\nWhat You'll Bring:\n5+ years of experience in cloud-native applications (Azure strongly preferred, AWS is also ok) using Python\nBachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent combination of education and experience\nThorough understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) design and practices\nStrong RDBMS experience (PostgreSQL, MS SQL etc.) designing tables & writing queries\nSQL experience is a strong plus\nProven ability to identify, explain, and implement common design patterns\nDemonstrated experience and design of systems or pipelines from scratch\nAbility to assess and clearly articulate design trade-offs, scalability options, and performance implications\nConduct code reviews to ensure best coding practices are utilized\nStrong knowledge of professional software engineering best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, CI/CD, and DevOps\nFluency with multi-platform software utilizing various programming environments and tools\nExcellent communication and written skills\nEager to learn new languages and technologies\nKnowledge of Python, Ruby, Azure, React, JavaScript/TypeScript, REST API, Relational Databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL etc.), NoSQL Databases (MongoDB etc.) preferred\nExperience with Docker, Linux, Windows, Azure, GIT, NPM Package Management preferred\nPay Range: $129,300.00 - $172,300.00 AnnuallyThis 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.\n** Note that the following statements only apply to candidates who will be working from an unincorporated area within Los Angeles County. **\nFirst American will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (e.g., the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act).\nFirst American intends to conduct a review of an applicant’s criminal history in connection with a conditional offer. First American reasonably believes that a criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following material job duties for this position potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: handling of confidential, proprietary or trade secret information belonging to First American or its customers, administrating or facilitating financial transactions, and the ability to meet customer-imposed criminal history requirements.\nWhat We Offer\nBy choice, we don’t simply accept individuality - we embrace it, we support it, and we thrive on it! Our People First culture is inclusive for all employees - not just because it's the right thing to do, but 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. 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