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

Job Title: Staff Engineer (12+ Years Experience)

About the Role

We are seeking a seasoned Platform Engineer with 12+ years of experience to join our platform engineering team. This role will play a critical part in designing, building, and maintaining the internal platforms and tools that enable software development teams to work efficiently and effectively.

As a Staff Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in designing and implementing golden paths to streamline development processes across the organization. Your expertise will be crucial in enhancing application observability, ensuring robust monitoring and diagnostics capabilities. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to create scalable, resilient, and efficient platforms that support the organization's strategic goals and drive innovation.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain robust cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
Enhance monitoring and diagnostics capabilities to ensure high availability and performance.
Assist in building technical roadmap and advancing technical capabilities of the platform engineering team.
Work closely with cross-functional teams to align platform capabilities with organizational goals.
Identify and resolve complex technical issues, ensuring the stability and scalability of the platforms.
Lead and mentor a team of developers and engineers, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment.
Key Requirements

12+ years of hands-on experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or related fields.
Minimum 5+ years of experience in Application development using .net and Java tech stack.
Technical lead who has consistently demonstrated the capability to develop high level technical design
Help in building product technical roadmap and advancing technical capabilities
Advanced knowledge in AWS and Azzure Infrastructure
Advanced knowledge in scripting like Python
Advanced knowledge in IaC tools Terraform or CloudFormation
Advanced knowledge in designing and implementing CI/CD pipeline with tools like Jenkins, CodePipeline, or similar
Good knowledge of version control tools like GIT, Bitbucket or Team Foundation Server
Good knowledge of working on containers with Docker and Kubernetes
Good knowledge in configuration management tools like Ansible, Chef or Puppet
Hands-on experience in Code Reviews and Design Reviews.
 

Nice to Have

AWS Certifications or similar
Serverless automation
Experience with GitOps workflows and progressive delivery strategies.
Experience with System & IT operation – Windows and Linux OS administration.
Understanding of networking principles and technologies (DNS, Load Balancers, Reverse Proxies), Microsoft Active Directory and Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS).
 

FAI is committed to create an environment that respects, supports and inspires all individuals. We do not discriminate on the basis of color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation and age. At FAI, we celebrate diversity and believe that an inclusive workforce benefits employees, the organization and our community. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information about our company and dedication to putting People First, check out https://firstam.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/faicareers.