Engineering Manager (Hybrid)

First American • Santa Ana, CA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Who We Are 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 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 We are at the forefront of innovation, harnessing the power of cloud technology and the expertise of our talented engineers. Our team brings a diverse skill set spanning software engineering, infrastructure design, maintenance, and operations. By embracing cloud based and emerging technologies, we foster an environment of continuous growth and learning. Although we operate on a large scale, our teams remain small, agile and highly collaborative. We thrive on experimentation, offering opportunities to contribute to a wide array of products and services within a unique learning culture. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, developing and testing software systems that enhance existing products and bring new solutions to life. In addition, you will work closely with a cross-functional team to deliver high quality, well tested code – on time and with impact.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 10+ years’ experience building full stack applications using modern frameworks, robust testing practices and application monitoring tools
• 5+ years managing engineering teams
• The ability to execute a project based on our priorities, context, risks and desired outcomes
• The ability to provide guidance, support, and coaching to your functional group through regular employee one-on-ones
• A skillset working to cultivate a caring culture that promotes belonging, all-around well-being, and equity on your team by leading inclusively
• The ability to mentor, encourage, engage, and retain high potential employees to support the customers and the product teams
• Supportive staffing for your group including interviewing candidates, assisting with hiring and staffing decisions, and facilitating employee onboarding programs
• Skills with developing employee goals, monitoring employee performance, providing performance feedback and supporting group compensation management
• Experience with employee coaching, training, and counseling, and promoting and enforcing company ethics policies
• The capability to identify and develop critical skills that align with your employees’ interests and are required to meet program area business objectives
• Experience contributing to continuous improvement activities to improve the software engineering organization, and the company at large to ensure adoption within the organization
• Strong leadership skills that can attract, engage, and retain talent

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree preferred

Responsibilities

• Oversees, either directly or through subordinate supervisors, the coordination of departmental or sectional activities for outcomes, including cost efficiency, operational methods and effective staffing.
• Mentors, coaches, and deeply contributes to the career development of your team and others.
• As a manager, you will support and advocate for your software engineering staff through career planning, training, timely performance feedback, formal performance appraisals, program staffing, and application of Software Engineering process and best practices.
• Leads delivery of major initiatives on clear timelines.
• Proactive in identifying roadblocks for your team.
• Partners effectively outside of your area to manage projects.
• Works to develop holistic perspective on the organization, its vision and its activities.
• Builds a strong culture of open communication, where teammates can ask questions without fear, and speak comfortably about any topics.
• Supervise an autonomous, cross-functional team responsible for delivering timely, high-quality, and well-tested code
• Coach technical leads and individual contributors to consistently and successfully deliver high quality work.
• Work with Product Managers to ensure timely releases and well-tested features.
• Have frequent interaction with direct reports to address matters related to customers, functional areas, and other company divisions or units.
• Perform duties outside of normal work hours based on business needs (required)
• Practice strong communication and interpersonal skills which facilitate working with others in a team environment.
• Demonstrate experience exhibiting inclusive leadership behaviors to create and reinforce a psychologically safe team environment.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager