Engineering Manager (AI-Native Platform) - Remote

First American - Santa Ana, CA

Hiring: Engineering Manager (AI-Native Platform) - Remote Company: First American Location: Santa Ana, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 23:16:42 Employment Type: Remote Target Skills & Keywords : .NET, Azure, C#, CDK, Databricks, Datadog, GitHub, Grafana, Infrastructure as Code, Java, Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Python, Terraform, TypeScript About the job Experience: •7+ years of experience building production software systems, including experience leading engineering teams Required Skills: •Build High-Performing Engineering Teams •Create an inclusive, psychologically safe environment where engineers are empowered to grow, collaborate, and deliver exceptional results. •Coach engineers through regular feedback, career development, performance management, and mentoring while raising the overall technical and leadership capability of the team. •Build strong hiring pipelines, make thoughtful hiring decisions, and continuously raise the engineering talent bar. •Own predictable delivery for one or more engineering teams by establishing clear priorities, effective planning mechanisms, and strong execution discipline. •Remove obstacles, manage competing priorities, and ensure teams consistently deliver high-quality software aligned with business objectives. •Measure team health using engineering and operational metrics, continuously improving velocity, quality, and customer outcomes. •Collaborate closely with Product Management, Design, Architecture, Security, and Business stakeholders to align roadmaps, clarify priorities, and ensure engineering investments deliver measurable customer and business value. Qualifications: •Demonstrated experience managing software engineers and building high-performing engineering teams •Strong experience delivering cloud-native, distributed software systems in production •In-depth knowledge of modern software architecture, cloud infrastructure, APIs, distributed systems, and software engineering best practices •In-depth knowledge of iterative, metrics driven software development and continuous delivery; you live and breathe DORA. •Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence, align stakeholders, and drive decisions across technical and business teams •Strong judgment balancing customer needs, technical health, organizational priorities, and long-term sustainability •Ideally, You'll Also Have Experience With AI platforms such as OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, or Databricks •AI-assisted development tools including Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or similar •Modern backend development using C# (.NET), Python, Go, Java, TypeScript, or similar technologies Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!