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 ten 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

First American is seeking Staff Platform Engineer candidates to grow our team. An ideal candidate has deep technical expertise in platform engineering, infrastructure automation, and cloud-native architecture. You will provide technical leadership across multiple teams and systems, establishing patterns that improve engineering efficiency at scale. 


*This is a remote role

What You’ll Do: 
 

• Code: You will be an active contributor to multiple codebases, designing, developing, testing, and deploying code supporting our most complex functional areas. You will architect and implement modern world-class services that are scalable, highly available, fault tolerant, and impact multiple teams and systems. 
• Collaborate/Partner: Collaborate with product management, solution architects, and other cross-functional teams to iteratively design, develop, and validate outcome-driven technology solutions that align with the business goals. 
• Operational Excellence: Implement high quality, secure, and observable solutions. Provide technical leadership across the organization and establish best practices. 
• Continuous Improvement: Join a team determined to achieve ambitious goals, provide regular feedback, and drive continuous improvement. 
• Establish patterns for observability, incident response, and disaster recovery. 
• Continuously evaluate and integrate emerging technologies into platform strategy. 

 

What You’ll Bring: 
 

• 8+ years of experience in platform or infrastructure engineering. 
• Experience driving engineering best practices for high-functioning software engineering teams through effective use of tools and automation. 
• Passion and expertise for building large-scale, back-end services and APIs, using modern architectures (Macro / Mini / Micro Services). 
• Ability to develop automated workflows for resource provisioning and management. 
• A strong understanding of software engineering principles and modern infrastructure operations. 
• Ability to build robust, high-scale, generic and reusable solutions. 
• Expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and infrastructure automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, etc.). 
• Proficient in CI/CD automation tooling, including GitHub Actions, GitLab Pipelines, and Azure YAML Pipelines. 
• Extensive experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines to ensure seamless integration and deployment processes. 
• Proven ability to lead cross-team initiatives and deliver scalable platform solutions. 
• Experience with disaster recovery planning, incident management, and system resilience. 
• Ability to mentor and influence software engineers to share knowledge and improve 
• quality. 
• Ability to unblock yourself and help accelerate the team in achieving their goals. 
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

 

Ideally, you will also have experience with: 
 

• Certifications in Azure and/or AWS (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert) are preferred. 
• C# (.NET Core, .NET Framework), TypeScript & React / Node.js or Golang. 
• Relational (MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (DynamoDB) databases. 
• Automated software testing (unit, integration, contract). 
• Azure Cloud Services: Virtual Machines, Blob Storage, Functions, SQL Database, Kubernetes Service, Queue Storage, Resource Manager, Virtual Network, Entra ID, Policy, Private Marketplace, Blueprint. 
• AWS Cloud Services: API Gateway, EC2, ECS, EKS, ECR, EC2 Container Service, S3, Lambda, Application Load Balancer, SQS, SNS, EventHub, ElastiCache, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager, CloudFormation, Route53, VPC PrivateLink. 
• Kubernetes and container orchestration platforms 
• Observability and monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch 
• Containerization technologies such as Docker 
• Scripting languages including Python, Bash, or PowerShell 
• Secrets management and identity access tools 
• Security and compliance practices in cloud environments 

 

 

Pay Range: $145,000 - $193,325 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.   

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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.

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.

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.