First American · 2 months ago
Staff ServiceNow Software Engineer
Santa Ana, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$145K/yr - $213K/yr
8+ years expFirst American is a company that prioritizes its people and has been recognized as a great workplace. They are seeking a Staff ServiceNow Software Engineer to lead the architecture, development, and optimization of their ServiceNow platform, ensuring high-quality software products that drive business value.
Financial ServicesInsuranceProperty InsuranceReal EstateReal Estate Investment
Responsibilities
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
Lead Technical Strategy: Have a clear vision for ServiceNow platform and can develop a long-term strategy to achieve the goals. Provides technical expertise in software development and make 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
Qualification
Required
8+ years in software engineering, with experience in large-scale distributed system development, including hands-on operational experience
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)
Demonstrable knowledge of data structures, asynchronous architectures, and distributed algorithms
A strong understanding of software engineering principles and modern infrastructure operations
Ability to build robust, high-scale, generic, and reusable solutions
Experience mentoring and training an engineering community on development best practices
Familiarity with deployment and observability strategies that support continuous delivery and high availability in a cloud-native environment
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
Effective communication skills, both verbal and written, with strong relationship, collaborative, and organizational skills
Preferred
Proficiency in JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and AngularJS. Experience with Glide API and other ServiceNow-specific scripting languages is a plus
Strong knowledge of relational databases (e.g., MySQL) and experience with database design and optimization
Experience with REST/SOAP API integrations and web services, XML, JSON, and other integration technologies
Strong knowledge of ServiceNow High Security Settings and platform best practices
Automated software testing (unit, integration, contract)
Certifications: Certified Application Developer (CAD) or ServiceNow Certified System Administrator (CSA) certifications are highly desirable
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO/paid sick leave
Employee stock purchase plan
Company
First American
First American provides financial services through its Title Insurance and Services segment and its Specialty Insurance segment.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$450M2024-09-23Post Ipo Debt· $450M
2010-06-01IPO
Leadership Team
Kenneth D. DeGiorgio
Chief Executive Officer
Jody Mulkey
Chief Technology Officer
Recent News
2026-01-16
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