Software Engineer II

Company SummaryFirst 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 SummarySenior Software Engineer II — Full StackLocation: India RemoteRole overviewThe Senior Software Engineer II will work closely with the Engineering Manager, Architect, Product Manager and team to understand both stated and unstated needs, own a domain or technical system long-term, and autonomously deliver ongoing business impact through larger, multi-quarter initiatives.The role is responsible for designing, developing, testing, and enhancing applications for First American. These applications are typically web-based and are developed in accordance with established coding standards and guidelines using a continuous Build-Integrate-Test approach within an Agile environment.The Senior Software Engineer II will serve as a recognized domain technical authority—using deep business knowledge and strong engineering practices to improve functionality, performance, reliability, and maintainability while shaping technical direction and elevating team outcomes.Key responsibilities Autonomously deliver ongoing business impact for the team, product capability, or technical system—leading larger, multi-quarter initiatives across the full SDLC from design through launch and rollout. Own a domain or technical system long-term; serve as a recognized domain expert and drive customer impact through technical direction and durable improvements. Make independent technical decisions for the team under open-ended requirements; partner with the Architect and Product Manager on roadmaps, trade-offs, and pragmatic solutions. Partner with the Engineering Manager, Architect, and Product Manager on long-term goals; identify when work is not moving the needle and redirect focus toward measurable outcomes. Lead one to two important projects concurrently; divide work for independent team execution and anticipate risks proactively. Define and maintain project plans for larger initiatives; establish milestones, acceptance criteria, and measurable outcomes. Define domain-level standards, patterns, and operational practices; steward elimination of tech debt, toil, and security issues across team-owned systems. Lead high-quality code reviews that coach others and elevate review culture; simplify team-owned systems and build tools or documentation others adopt. Design architecture and infrastructure patterns the team follows; make spike and MVP decisions and rally the team on scale, reliability, simplicity, and cost trade-offs. Serve as a primary driver on production issues and post-mortems; define and monitor SLAs/SLOs where applicable and deliver durable operational fixes, including scale improvements. Think systematically about evolution of production infrastructure, integrations, and cross-system dependencies across the domain. Drive cross-team coordination and stakeholder communication; eliminate systemic toil and simplify systems at the domain level. Mentor engineers across teams; contribute to hiring and partner with the Engineering Manager on team culture and psychological safety. Improve how the team measures, communicates, and delivers customer impact; challenge inefficiency and drive continuous improvement. Competencies Probes to understand stated and unstated stakeholder needs; partners as a trusted domain advisor and shapes technical direction with Product and Architecture. Monitors team and own deliverables against performance, time, budget, and quality standards; escalates risks early and redirects low-impact work. Makes independent technical judgments in open-ended requirements; drives the greatest customer impact through business-aware decisions. Identifies when self or team results are not mov