Staff Software Engineer (AI-Native Platform) - Remote
SalaryNo pay range posted
LocationUSA, California, Santa Ana
Work moderemote · United States
SeniorityLead
DepartmentEngineering
Company size10,000+ people
PostedSep 23, 2026 · 2w ago
Verified live1d ago
At a glanceSummarised by Seekless from the posting.
Provide technical leadership across multiple engineering teams
Drive architecture, engineering standards, and reusable platforms
Lead technical initiatives that span multiple teams, products, and domains
Define architecture for large-scale, distributed systems spanning multiple services
Establish engineering standards that improve software quality across the organization
Mentor senior engineers and technical leads
Drive operational excellence initiatives for reliability, resiliency, security, and operational maturity
Design and evolve AI development practices and help drive creation of AI powered products
Skills
Python
React
AWS
PostgreSQL
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
About the role
Remote Work Welcome
Be part of a transformative engineering organization shaping how First American builds and delivers world-class AI-native technology products that power the real estate industry. We are looking for exceptional engineers who thrive in ambiguity, influence without authority, and create technical leverage across teams.
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will provide technical leadership across multiple engineering teams, driving architecture, engineering standards, and reusable platforms that enable teams to build intelligent software faster, safer, and more consistently. You will partner with engineering leaders, product management, architects, and AI practitioners to solve complex technical challenges that span products and organizations.
You will play a critical role in modernizing our platform through cloud-native architecture, shared engineering platforms, and production AI systems that improve both customer outcomes and engineering velocity.
What You’ll Do:
Drive Cross-Organization Technical Strategy
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Lead technical initiatives that span multiple teams, products, and domains. Define architectural direction, align engineering organizations around common approaches, and guide long-term technical investments that improve organizational scalability, reliability, and developer productivity.
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Navigate ambiguity, resolve competing priorities, and build consensus across engineering, product, and business stakeholders.
Build with AI
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Design and evolve the AI development practices and help drive the creation of AI powered products for our
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AI is not just transforming how we build, it changes what we build. We are looking for a Staff Engineer who can help mentor teams on both.
Architect Complex Distributed Systems
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Define architecture for large-scale, distributed systems spanning multiple services, domains, and business capabilities.
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Drive architectural consistency around:
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APIs
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event-driven systems
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cloud infrastructure
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reliability
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security
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observability
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operational excellence
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Simplify complex systems through thoughtful abstractions and reusable patterns.
Raise the Engineering Bar
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Establish engineering standards that improve software quality across the organization.
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Lead architectural reviews, influence design decisions, and help engineering teams make pragmatic tradeoffs between speed, simplicity, scalability, reliability, and cost.
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Champion modern engineering practices including AI-assisted software development, automated testing, observability, continuous delivery, and platform engineering.
Mentor Technical Leaders
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Multiply the effectiveness of senior engineers and technical leads through coaching, architectural guidance, and design mentorship.
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Help engineers grow their system thinking, technical judgment, and decision-making while creating an engineering culture centered on curiosity, ownership, and continuous improvement.
Drive Operational Excellence
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Lead initiatives that improve organizational reliability, resiliency, security, and operational maturity.
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Define engineering patterns for:
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observability
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production diagnostics
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AI evaluation
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latency budgets
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cost optimization
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incident response
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resiliency
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governance
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Establish measurable engineering standards that improve the health of production systems over time.