Senior Backend Data Engineer - Azure, SQL & .NET

First American Financial Corporation; Georgia; Remote; USD 122,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental and vision coverage

401k plan

PTO

Job summary

First American Financial Corporation's ServiceMac unit seeks a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and support back-end systems that move and process operational data. You will own solutions from design through testing, deployment, monitoring, and production support, collaborating with developers, DBAs, analysts, and business partners to deliver reliable data pipelines.

You will use SQL Server, C#/.NET, Python, and Azure to implement ETL processes, data validation, and performance tuning,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science or related field.
• 5–8 years of backend data engineering experience.
• Strong SQL Server and T-SQL development skills with performance tuning.
• Hands-on programming with C#/.NET or Python, including production apps.
• Experience with REST APIs, JSON, and data integrations.
• Experience building automated data pipelines and managing incremental loads.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain back-end apps, automated jobs, and data integrations using SQL Server, C#/.NET, and Python.
• Develop and optimize T-SQL stored procedures, database schemas, and data processing logic.
• Build integrations exchanging data through APIs, databases, and files.
• Develop ETL pipelines with data validation, logging, error handling, retry logic, and recovery procedures.
• Design workflows to prevent duplicate loads and support safe restarts after failures.
• Investigate issues across application code, SQL databases, schedules, APIs, and file transfers to resolve root causes.
• Improve database and app performance via execution plan analysis, indexing, concurrency management, and code optimization.
• Maintain and modernize systems while building new automation and integrations.
• Write automated tests and verify data reconciliation across sources and targets.
• Own changes through impact analysis, testing, deployment, rollback planning, and production verification.
• Use source control, code reviews, and CI/CD to maintain code quality and reduce deployment risk.
• Translate business requirements into technical designs and document dependencies and support procedures.
• Utilize AI-assisted development tools where appropriate and review generated output.

Skills

SQL Server

T-SQL development

C#/.NET

Python

REST APIs

Azure

CI/CD

Data pipelines

Data integrity

Problem solving

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Git

Azure

Job description

First American Financial Corporation's ServiceMac unit seeks a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and support back-end systems that move and process operational data. You will own solutions from design through testing, deployment, monitoring, and production support, collaborating with developers, DBAs, analysts, and business partners to deliver reliable data pipelines.

You will use SQL Server, C#/.NET, Python, and Azure to implement ETL processes, data validation, and performance tuning,