First American - Staff Engineer

Description :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 : Python, TypeScript .- 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. (ref:hirist.tech)