You are a seasoned infrastructure or platform engineer with over seven years of experience architecting complex cloud systems and leading technical teams. You h
Work type: onsite
Location: USA, California, Santa Ana
Salary: $148,600 – $198,200/yr
Type: Full-time
You are a seasoned infrastructure or platform engineer with over seven years of experience architecting complex cloud systems and leading technical teams. You have a solid grasp of containerization and have moved beyond basic deployments to focus on building robust developer platforms. **What makes it worth a look...** First American is offering between $148,600 and $198,200 annually for this role, and despite the initial listing, they explicitly confirm the position is open to remote candidates. You will get to lead the charge on integrating AI-assisted workflows and agentic development into a mature enterprise environment. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have deep expertise in cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP. * Mastered infrastructure as code using tools such as Terraform or Ansible. * Possess hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production environments. * Understand how to securely implement LLM-assisted coding tools like Copilot or Cursor into development pipelines.
# 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
First American is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer II to help drive the evolution of our cloud platform capabilities in support of highly scalable, secure, and AI-enabled systems.
As a Senior Platform Engineer II, you will autonomously deliver platform capabilities that enable organizational productivity, architecting solutions that balance reliability, performance, cost, and security. You will lead complex initiatives, establish engineering best practices, and play a critical role in enabling AI-driven and agentic development workflows across the enterprise.
This role will primarily support our Bakery team, partnering closely with engineers and product stakeholders to enable secure, scalable platform capabilities that accelerate delivery. While Bakery will be your primary focus, you will also have opportunities to contribute to broader platform initiatives across the organization where your expertise can drive meaningful impact.
Our organization is deeply focused on advancing AI-assisted and AI-agentic development models. You will help design and build infrastructure, automation frameworks, and governance controls that allow teams to safely and securely leverage AI-powered systems in production.
You will architect solutions that support multiple teams and systems, lead complex incident investigations, and drive improvements in reliability, observability, and resilience. You’ll establish best practices for infrastructure automation and platform standards, while influencing cross-team alignment and enabling consistent, scalable engineering outcomes.
As a technical leader within the Bakery team, you will mentor engineers, provide architectural guidance, and help shape the team’s technical direction and culture. You are comfortable operating in ambiguous environments, making independent technical decisions, and guiding others through complex challenges while remaining hands-on.
This role is well-suited for a senior engineer who is interested in growing into broader technical or people leadership responsibilities over time, while remaining hands-on and deeply technical.
*We are open to remote candidates for this role
What You’ll DoArchitect & Deliver Platform Capabilities
Why This Role Matters
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This hiring range is a reasonable estimate of the base pay range for this position at the time of posting. Pay is based on a number of factors which may include job-related knowledge, skills, experience, business requirements and geographic location.
Note that the following statements only apply to candidates who will be working from an unincorporated area within Los Angeles County.
First American will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (e.g., the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act).
First American intends to conduct a review of an applicant’s criminal history in connection with a conditional offer. First American reasonably believes that a criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following material job duties for this position potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: handling of confidential, proprietary or trade secret information belonging to First American or its customers, administrating or facilitating financial transactions, and the ability to meet customer-imposed criminal history requirements.