About the position
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.
Responsibilities
- Participates in the design, development, coding, testing, debugging, and maintenance of software code for business applications.
- Responsible for middle-tier implementation and integration with backend databases.
- Works with technical staff to understand problems with software and develops specifications to resolve them.
- Participates in the development of software user manuals.
- Contribute to design, development, coding, testing, debugging, and deploying of software in an Azure cloud environment.
- Modify and enhance existing applications as well as assist the team on product delivery by writing code and reviewing pull requests.
- Independently define, prioritize goals and tasks in a fast-paced agile product environment with small, focused teams.
- Communicate effectively with a variety of stakeholders to ensure project success.
- On call by rotation and after-hours support driven by business needs.
- Derive optimal solutions and implement best coding practices.
- Work with Solution Architect and strategize design plans.
- Propose solutions to tough problems, build consensus among team & mentor junior developers.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in cloud-native applications (Azure strongly preferred, AWS is also ok) using Python.
- Thorough understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) design and practices.
- Strong RDBMS experience (PostgreSQL, MS SQL etc.) designing tables & writing queries.
- SQL experience is a strong plus.
- Familiarity with design patterns.
- Conduct code reviews to ensure best coding practices are utilized.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Strong 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.
- Fluency with multi-platform software utilizing various programming environments and tools.
- Excellent communication and written skills.
- Eager to learn new languages and technologies.
Nice-to-haves
- Knowledge of Python, Ruby, Azure, React, JavaScript/TypeScript, REST API, Relational Databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL etc.), NoSQL Databases (MongoDB etc.) preferred.
- Experience with Docker, Linux, Windows, Azure, GIT, NPM Package Management preferred.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401k
- PTO/paid sick leave
- Employee stock purchase plan
