SailPoint Senior Software Engineer

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

First American is seeking a Senior SailPoint Software Engineer. An ideal candidate has strong technical expertise, a product mindset, and takes a hands-on approach to building high-quality and sustainable software products. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will lead projects as part of small, focused engineering delivery teams, to build fast, clean, reliable code that drives business value for our customers.

What You’ll Do:

Code: You will be an active contributor to the codebase, 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, and fault-tolerant.

Shape Technical Strategy: Have a clear vision for SailPoint platform and can

develop a long-term strategy to achieve the goals. Provides technical expertise in software development and makes informed decisions about the technical

architecture and design to deliver for the business. Champion technology and

architecture-related investments, advocating for the priority of this work.

Collaborate/Partner: Partner with product management to envision future

features and help plan product roadmaps. Define solution architectures that align with business needs in collaboration with product management and engineering. Facilitate collaborative design discussions and drive design reviews.

Operational Excellence: Implement solutions that are high-quality, secure, and

observable. Be an active member of the team contributing to reviews of design,

code, artifacts and metrics.

Continuous Improvement: Determined to achieve ambitious goals, providing

regular feedback, and driving continuous improvement. Assist with improving

architectural standards & best practices. Build proof-of-concepts to validate

architectural approaches and assess emerging technologies

What You’ll Bring:

o 8+ years in software engineering, with experience in large- scale

distributed system development including hands-on operational

experience.

o Experience driving engineering best practices for high-functioning

software engineering teams through effective use of tools and

automation.

o Passion and expertise for building large-scale, back-end services and

APIs, using modern architectures (Macro / Mini / Micro Services).

o Demonstrable knowledge of data structures, asynchronous

architectures and distributed algorithms.

o A strong understanding of software engineering principles and

modern infrastructure operations.

o Ability to build robust, high-scale, generic, and reusable solutions.

o Experience mentoring and training an engineering community on

development best practices.

o Familiarity with deployment and observability strategies that

support continuous delivery and high availability in a cloud-native

environment.

o An outcome-oriented approach using metrics and data to understand

development productivity metrics (e.g., code churn, commit size, test

coverage, etc.) that inform areas for continuous improvement.

o Effective communication skills, both verbal and written, with strong

relationship, collaborative, and organizational skills.

Ideally, you will also have experience with:

o Proficiency in Java, Beanshell,/JavaScript, and PowerShell.

Experience with HTML, CSS, and AngularJS is a plus.

o Strong knowledge of relational databases (e.g., MySQL) and

experience with database design and optimization

o Experience with REST/SOAP API integrations and web services, XML,

JSON, and other integration technologies.

o Strong knowledge of SailPoint best practices

o Automated software testing (unit, integration, contract)

o Certifications: SailPoint Identity Security Engineer Certification or

Identity Security Professional Credential are highly desirable

Note that the following statements only apply to candidates who will be working from an unincorporated area within Los Angeles County.

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

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.