Senior Software Engineer at First American in Santa Ana, CA

Senior Software Engineer Location: USA, California, Santa Ana 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 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 *Remote Work Welcome Be part of a transformative team that is shaping the way First American builds and delivers world-class technology products that fuel the real estate industry. We are looking for forward-thinking technology experts who will envision, design, build, and deliver AI-powered systems that provide exceptional experiences and lasting value to our customers. First American is seeking software engineering candidates to grow our team with a focus on agentic, AI-driven platforms. An ideal candidate brings strong backend engineering fundamentals alongside deep experience building systems that leverage LLMs and autonomous agents to reason, plan, and take action. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will lead projects as part of a small, focused engineering delivery team, building intelligent, reliable software that drives meaningful business outcomes. You will be part of a transformative team whose mission is to modernize and augment our core platforms using modern architectures, cloud-native services, and agentic AI systems. WHAT YOU'LL DO Code: Collaborate / Partner: Operational Excellence: Continuous Improvement: WHAT YOU'LL BRING 5+ years of experience as a software engineer buildingproduction-grade systems Strong experience building large-scale, back-end services and APIs usingC# (.NET)and/orNode.js (TypeScript preferred) Hands-on experience designing or implementingagentic or LLM-powered systems, including planning, orchestration, tool use, memory, or retrieval-based approaches Experience usingCursor or similar AI-assisted development toolsas part of a modern software engineering workflow Hands-on experience developing and managing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform Strong experience building scalable frontend applications using ReactJS and Next.js, along with backend services usingNestJS 1+ years of experience with GitHub or GitHub Enterprise with experience in agentic authoring flows Solid understanding of software engineering principles, cloud-native infrastructure, and distributed system design Ability to build robust, scalable, reusable solutions that safely integrate AI capabilities into core platforms Ability to mentor and influence other engineers, sharing knowledge and raising overall technical quality Ability to unblock yourself and help accelerate the team in achieving complex, cross-disciplinary goals Outcome-oriented mindset, using metrics and data to evaluate both system behavior and development effectiveness IDEALLY, YOU'LL WILL ALSO HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH LLM APIs and platforms (e.g., OpenAI, Azure OpenAI) and agent frameworks such asLangChain, Semantic Kernel, or similar Prompt engineering, prompt chaining, evaluation methodologies, and guardrails for AI-driven systems Containerized development (Docker) and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes Relational (MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases Event-driven or distributed architectures, including message queues or workflow orchestration Automated software testing (unit, integration, contract), including testing strategies for AI-enabled components Infrastructure automation tooling such as Terraform or Ansible Cloud platforms and services (AWS, Azure, or similar), including compute, storage, messaging, and observability Working within highly regulated industries such as Financial Services or Healthcare Strong verbal and written communication skills with a collaborative, cross-functional mindset Pay Range: $129,300.00 - $172,300.00 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. ** Note that the following statements only apply to candidates who will be working from an unincorporated area within Los Angeles County. ** First 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). First 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. 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.