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
ABOUT FIRST AMERICAN INDIA
First American (India) Private Limited (“FAI”) is a Global Capability Centre (GCC) of the First American Financial Corporation (FAF: NYSE) — a leading provider of title insurance, settlement services, and risk solutions for real estate transactions since 1889.
FAI delivers:
Software Development
IT Infrastructure
Data & Analytics
Back-office Operations
Knowledge-Processing Services
to support First American’s global operations across the US, UK, Australia, and Canada.
We build technology that powers millions of real-estate transactions, with a people-first culture that encourages innovation, collaboration, and solving real-world problems at scale.
ROLE SUMMARY
As a Senior Software Engineer (SSE1) — Full Stack, you will help shape and deliver high-impact modernization initiatives at FAI.
You will:
Probe stated and unstated business needs
Translate complex functional requirements into clean system designs
Build cloud-native, AI-assisted full-stack applications
Simplify, accelerate, and outperform legacy workflows
You will own modules end-to-end across:
Python services
NestJS APIs
Next.js / React front-ends
TypeScript applications
while adhering to the team’s coding standards and a continuous Build–Integrate–Test (Agile) approach.
You will also apply:
Strong debugging and performance-tuning concepts
Peer code review practices
AI-assisted developer tools such as:Cursor
Claude Code
GitHub Copilot
to accelerate delivery without compromising quality.
STRATEGIC FOCUS — PLATFORM MODERNIZATION
Re-platform business-critical capabilities into modern, in-house microservices and React / Next.js experiences on AWS.
Key Goals
Improve total cost of ownership
Increase performance and observability
Accelerate product velocity
Raise the engineering bar through AI-assisted development practices
OBJECTIVES OF THE ROLE — WHAT YOU’LL DO
Partner with business analysts, product managers, and domain SMEs to discover, document, and translate complex business workflows into modern microservices and UIs.
Design and deliver scalable, secure, event-driven full-stack features using:Python (FastAPI / Django)
NestJS
Next.js
React
TypeScript
Build and consume well-documented:REST APIs
GraphQL APIs
OpenAPI / Swagger specifications
Author data extraction, transformation, and migration utilities to move data from legacy systems into modern PostgreSQL and DynamoDB stores.
Collaborate on AWS-native deployments using:Lambda
ECS / EKS
S3
RDS
DynamoDB
Work with:CI/CD pipelines
Infrastructure-as-Code practices
Champion AI-assisted development using:Cursor
Claude Code
GitHub Copilot
Troubleshoot, debug, and performance-tune applications across the stack.
Participate in operational excellence and on-call rotations for production workloads.
Mentor associate engineers, share learnings, and help establish reusable patterns and platform building blocks for other teams across FAI.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Futuristic, Cloud-Native Stack
An ideal candidate should have hands-on experience across the following technologies.
Must-have technologies and Nice-to-have technologies are listed below.
FRONT-END
React.js
Next.js (App Router)
TypeScript
HTML5 / CSS3
Tailwind CSS / Shadcn UI
React Query / Zustand
BACK-END
Python (FastAPI / Django)
NestJS (Node.js)
TypeScript
REST APIs
OpenAPI / Swagger
GraphQL
Microservices & Event-Driven Patterns
DATABASE
PostgreSQL
DynamoDB
Redis
OpenSearch / Elasticsearch
CLOUD & DEVOPS
AWS (Lambda, ECS / EKS, S3, RDS)
CI/CD Pipelines
Git / GitHub / GitLab
Terraform / CloudFormation
Docker / Kubernetes
AI-ASSISTED ENGINEERING
Cursor
Claude Code
GitHub Copilot
LLM-driven Test & Migration Tooling
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in:Computer Science
Information Technology
or a related discipline
Minimum 5+ years of hands-on full-stack software engineering experience
Strong hands-on experience with:Python
TypeScript
Proven experience building:React.js / Next.js front-ends
NestJS / Python service back-ends
Working knowledge of:AWS
Microservice architecture
PostgreSQL and/or DynamoDB
Experience with:AWS Lambda
Step Functions
SNS/SQS
Kafka
Event-driven architectures
Familiarity with:Git-based version control
Agile / Scrum
JIRA-based delivery practices
Detail-oriented mindset focused on delivering high-quality, efficient, and maintainable software
Effective communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively across teams
NICE TO HAVE
Exposure to Salesforce:Administration
Development
Integrations
Hands-on experience designing and productionizing AI use cases such as:LLM-powered features
RAG systems
Agentic workflows
ML inference services
Background in observability tooling:CloudWatch
Datadog
OpenTelemetry
Exposure to applying LLMs to internal developer productivity
WHAT MAKES YOU A GREAT FIT
You:
Think in platforms and systems
Bring a strong product mindset
Obsess over user outcomes and business value
Understand the “why” behind every feature
Balance technical depth with empathy for the customer
You navigate ambiguity well, are passionate about transforming real-estate technology, and are energized by building modern, cloud-native, AI-augmented experiences.
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.