Senior Data Engineer, Back End Systems

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🐊 Florida, South Carolina, +2 more states – Remote

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💵 $122k - $130.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔙 Backend Engineer

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First American

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1889

🏠 Real Estate

💸 Finance

🏢 Enterprise

Real Estate • Finance • Enterprise

First American is a historical company that has been operating since 1889, evolving into a $9 billion organization with over 20,000 employees and more than 700 offices worldwide. The company provides a range of products and services that assist homebuyers, sellers, businesses, and investors in the real estate market. With a strong focus on employee engagement and culture, First American emphasizes innovation, technology, and community involvement, driving transformation within the real estate industry.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and maintain back-end applications, automated jobs, and data integrations using SQL Server, C#/.NET, and Python • Develop and optimize T-SQL stored procedures, database schemas, and data processing logic • Build integrations exchanging data through APIs, databases, and files • Develop ETL pipelines with data validation, logging, error handling, retry logic, and recovery procedures • Design workflows preventing duplicate loads and supporting safe restarts after failures • Investigate issues across application code, SQL databases, scheduled jobs, APIs, and file transfers to identify and resolve root causes • Improve database and application performance through execution plan analysis, indexing, concurrency management, and code optimization • Maintain and modernize existing systems while building new automation and integrations • Write automated tests and reconcile source and target data to verify completeness and accuracy • Own changes through impact analysis, implementation, testing, deployment, rollback planning, and production verification • Use source control, code reviews, and controlled release practices • Translate business requirements into technical designs and document dependencies, configuration, and support procedures • Use and validate AI-assisted development tools where appropriate • Support production systems outside normal work hours when business needs require it • Collaborate with application developers, database administrators, analysts, and business partners

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience • Five to eight years of relevant experience developing and supporting back-end applications, database solutions, or automated data processing systems • Strong SQL Server and T-SQL development skills, including stored procedures, transactions, indexing, and query performance tuning • Hands-on programming experience with C#/.NET or Python, including building and maintaining production applications • Experience developing system integrations using REST APIs, authentication, and structured data formats such as JSON • Experience building automated data pipelines and managing dependencies, incremental loads, failures, and recovery • Understanding of relational data modeling, data integrity, and database concurrency • Experience troubleshooting production systems using application logs, database diagnostics, and monitoring tools • Ability to work across application development, database engineering, and production operations, including systems with limited documentation • Experience with Git, code reviews, automated testing, and continuous integration and deployment • Working knowledge of Azure services used for application hosting, data storage, or integration • Experience working within an Agile software development lifecycle • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to data accuracy and operational reliability • Clear written and verbal communication skills, including technical documentation • Ability to work independently, collaborate across teams, and manage competing priorities • Preferred: practical experience using AI-assisted development tools such as OpenAI Codex, Cursor, or Claude • Preferred: ability to provide AI tools with clear technical context, critically review generated code, and verify correctness, security, and operational impact • Preferred: experience with Windows-based automation, PowerShell, and scheduled job operations • Preferred: experience with financial services or mortgage servicing systems

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • 401k • PTO/paid sick leave • Employee stock purchase plan • Inclusive workplace culture • Equal opportunity employment

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