Senior Data Engineer - Backend Data Pipelines & Azure

First American; United States; Remote; USD 122,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental & Vision

401(k)

PTO

Job summary

First American is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and support scalable back-end systems that move and process operational data. You will develop SQL Server solutions, applications, integrations, and automated pipelines using SQL Server, C#/DOTNET, Python, and Azure.

You will own solutions from design through testing, deployment, monitoring, and production support. You will collaborate with developers, DBAs, analysts, and business partners to ensure reliable, secure, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or related field
• 5–8 years of backend/ data processing experience
• Strong SQL Server and T‑SQL development skills
• Proficient in C#/.NET or Python
• Experience with REST APIs and JSON
• Experience building automated data pipelines
• Knowledge of relational data modeling and concurrency
• Experience with Git, CI/CD, and Agile
• Azure services familiarity
• Ability to work across teams in a production environment

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain back-end apps, automated jobs, and data integrations.
• Develop and optimize T-SQL procedures, schemas, and data processing logic.
• Build integrations via APIs, databases, and files.
• Create ETL pipelines with data validation, logging, and error handling.
• Design workflows to prevent duplicates and enable safe restarts.
• Investigate issues across apps, DBs, jobs, APIs, and transfers.
• Improve performance via indexing, execution plans, and code tuning.
• Maintain and modernize systems while adding new automation.
• Write automated tests and verify data accuracy.
• Own changes from analysis to deployment and rollback.
• Use version control and code reviews to ensure quality.
• Document system dependencies and support procedures.
• Leverage AI-assisted tools for development; review outputs.
• Support production systems outside regular hours.

Skills

SQL Server

T-SQL

C#/.NET

Python

REST APIs

Azure

Git

CI/CD

Agile

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Git

Azure DevOps

Job description

First American is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and support scalable back-end systems that move and process operational data. You will develop SQL Server solutions, applications, integrations, and automated pipelines using SQL Server, C#/DOTNET, Python, and Azure.

You will own solutions from design through testing, deployment, monitoring, and production support. You will collaborate with developers, DBAs, analysts, and business partners to ensure reliable, secure, and