Director of AI & Data Platform Engineering (Remote)

First American; Santa Ana (CA); Remote; USD 197,000 - 263,000; Full time

Job summary

First American is seeking a Director of Engineering to own parts of the title automation strategy and lead a distributed engineering organization. You will set technical direction, partner with Product, Data Science, and Title Operations, and be accountable for delivery, platform health, talent, and measurable business outcomes across your domain.

The role emphasizes AI-driven title production, data contracts, and observing strong governance while expanding Sequoia across new order types and

Qualifications

• Experience setting technical strategy and driving measurable business outcomes in partnership with Product and leadership.
• Proven ability to own architecture, data platforms, and AI-ready infrastructure at scale.
• Experience with document intelligence, OCR, and unstructured data processing.

Responsibilities

• Own the Data and Document Intelligence Platform architecture for production-grade systems.
• Lead the Sequoia AI-driven title production platform across geographies and order types.
• Define data models, ML lifecycle processes, and governance for data quality and lineage.
• Partner with Product, Data Science, and Title Operations to deliver outcomes.

Skills

Strategy leadership

Architecture

Distributed data platforms

AI/ML lifecycle

Document intelligence

Tools

Databricks

Unity Catalog

MLflow

Snowflake

Job description

First American is seeking a Director of Engineering to own parts of the title automation strategy and lead a distributed engineering organization. You will set technical direction, partner with Product, Data Science, and Title Operations, and be accountable for delivery, platform health, talent, and measurable business outcomes across your domain.

The role emphasizes AI-driven title production, data contracts, and observing strong governance while expanding Sequoia across new order types and