First American Financial - Santa Ana, CA
posted 2 months ago
First American is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to enhance our data engineering capabilities within the Strategic Product Development Organization. This role is pivotal in helping the Data Engineering group make real-time decisions based on extensive datasets, facilitating analytics on existing products, and providing insights into potential new growth opportunities. As a Senior Data Engineer, you will collaborate with subject matter experts to address business challenges through data solutions. Additionally, you will mentor junior data engineers, offering guidance and support across various aspects of data engineering. In this position, you will be responsible for creating scalable, maintainable, and reliable data practices and pipelines that can process large volumes of both structured and unstructured data from the ground up. You will identify, design, and implement internal process improvements, such as automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, and redesigning infrastructure for enhanced scalability. A significant part of your role will involve building and enhancing a shared data lake that supports decision-making and model building. You will work closely with teams across the organization to understand their data needs and develop comprehensive end-to-end data solutions. Collaboration with analysts and data scientists will be essential for performing exploratory analysis and troubleshooting any issues that arise. Furthermore, you will manage and model data using visualization tools to create a collaborative data analytics platform, ensuring that the right data is accessible to the appropriate stakeholders.