Staff Engineer presso First American Financial Corporation (First American India GCC)
First American Financial Corporation (First American India GCC) · Bangalore, India · Onsite
- Senior
- Ufficio in Bangalore
Company Summary
First American (India) is a GCC (Global Capability Center) of the First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF) family of companies. FAI is a proud member of the FORTUNE 500 companies and has been amongst the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list for eight consecutive years. First American Financial Corporation provides comprehensive title insurance, closing/settlement, property data and technology solutions. First American (India) creates quality solutions for its customers by combining software, back office, and knowledge processing operations to fulfill First American's business requirements. Our priorities are our employees, customers, and shareholders - in that order. First American (India) has been ranked amongst India's Best Companies To Work For™ 2023: Listed amongst the Top 100 by Great Place To Work® India, FAI is also certified Best Workplaces for Women and Workplace with Inclusive Practices. Software Services helps build First American's product suite that encompasses the best in class Title Insurance, Settlement and Mortgage solutions platforms. Leverages technology product stack across Microsoft platform predominantly to develop, enhance and maintain the best in class applications. The R & D division delivers solutions for the title insurance industry leveraging the best of NLP, AI and ML.Job Summary
First American (India) is a GCC (Global Capability Center) of the First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF) family of companies, a proud member of the FORTUNE 500 companies and was named one of FORTUNE’s 100 Best Companies to Work For® in 2022. First American Financial Corporation provides comprehensive title insurance, closing/settlement, property data and technology solutions. First American (India) creates quality solutions for its customers by combining software, back office and knowledge processing operations to fulfill First American's business requirements. Our priorities are our employees, customers, and shareholders - in that order. FAI has been certified a Great Place to work by Great Place to work Institute®, is a certified Best Workplaces for Women and Workplace with Inclusive Practices.
Role Summary
As a Staff Engineer, you'll define technical strategy, lead technology adoption, mentor junior engineers, and ensure project success. You'll review code, solve complex issues, perform root cause analysis, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. Your role includes driving innovation, maintaining documentation, optimizing performance, and implementing continuous improvements, making a significant impact on our engineering excellence and success. Join us to lead, innovate, and shape our technology's future!
What we have for you –
We are offering an exciting opportunity for a talented Staff Engineer to lead and work on cutting-edge cloud-native technologies. In this role, you will be instrumental in designing and developing microservices to build the next generation of Title and Escrow APIs, serving all divisions of First American. Join us to drive innovation, shape our technology landscape, and make a significant impact across the organization.
Responsibilities and Duties
As a Staff Engineer, you will work closely with the Engineering Manager, Architect, Product Manager and team.
Define and communicate the technical vision and strategy for projects.
Lead the adoption and integration of new technologies and best practices.
Provide mentorship and technical guidance to junior engineers.
Conduct technical workshops and training sessions to upskill the team.
Develop comprehensive project plans, timelines, and milestones.
Coordinate with project managers to ensure timely and successful project delivery.
Review code for quality, performance, security, and adherence to standards.
Resolve complex technical challenges and bottlenecks using advanced techniques.
Perform root cause analysis to identify and address underlying issues.
Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to align technical solutions with business goals.
Communicate technical updates and progress to non-technical stakeholders effectively.
Identify opportunities for innovation and develop prototypes and proof-of-concept projects.
Implement continuous process improvements and best practices.
Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including system architecture and design decisions.
Analyze and optimize system performance, implementing tuning and scaling strategies.
Technology Stack
An ideal candidate should have understanding and hands-on experience with following technologies:
12+ years with Microsoft technologies: C# (.NET Core, .NET Framework), TypeScript & NestJS, Node.js
6+ years with microservices, event driven architecture using Apache Kafka or any other event processing service
8+ years with one of the modern UI frameworks: React.js, Angular
5+ years with cloud platforms (AWS preferred): EC2, S3, Lambda, EFS, ECS, EKS, API Gateway, SQS, IAM, VPC
At least 4+ years’ experience in designing and architecting systems and exposure to different patterns and solutions.
At least 4+ years’ experience with CI/CD tools: Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, YAML, PowerShell
1+ years of hands-on experience with GenAI technologies including LLM fine-tuning, RAG architecture implementation, and prompt engineering.
Understanding of testing strategies: Unit Testing, Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), Test-Driven Development (TDD)
Relational (MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (DynamoDB, DocumentDB, OpenSearch/ElasticSearch) databases
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes
Familiarity Exposure to observability tools: Splunk, ELK Stack, DataDog
Experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
Knowledge on DataBricks with Python is an added advantage.
AWS/Azure developer and architect certification is a plus.
