Engineering Manager

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

Engineering Manager – Software Engineering (.NET, Angular & AI-First Development)

Experience: 12–15 Years
Employment Type: Full-Time

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced, technically hands-on Engineering Manager to lead the design, development, modernization, and delivery of enterprise applications within the Sentinels organization.

This role is ideal for an engineering leader who enjoys solving complex technical problems, contributes to production code, mentors engineers through technical leadership, and drives engineering excellence through modern software engineering practices and AI-assisted development.

The successful candidate will combine strong technical depth with people leadership, owning both engineering execution and team growth while fostering a culture of innovation, quality, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, modernization, and delivery of enterprise applications using the Microsoft technology stack.
• Remain hands-on by contributing to architecture, code reviews, technical design, debugging, and resolution of complex production issues.
• Drive modernization of legacy applications to modern .NET and cloud-native architectures.
• Champion engineering best practices including clean architecture, secure coding, automated testing, code quality, observability, and CI/CD.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Cursor, Codex, Claude, GitHub Copilot) to improve engineering productivity and software quality.
• Build and mentor a high-performing engineering team through technical coaching, career development, and regular feedback.
• Collaborate with Security, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and high-quality solutions.
• Drive technical decision-making, architecture governance, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Foster a culture of ownership, innovation, accountability, and engineering excellence.

Required Qualifications

Technical Skills

• Strong expertise in C#, .NET Framework, modern .NET, ASP.NET MVC, Web API, and Entity Framework.
• Hands-on experience with Angular, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS, and modern frontend development.
• Strong knowledge of SQL Server, T-SQL, database design, and performance tuning.
• Experience designing and developing secure RESTful APIs using OAuth2, JWT, and Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD).
• Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions, and modern DevOps practices.
• Hands-on experience using AI-powered software development tools and integrating AI into engineering workflows.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, distributed systems, and enterprise application development.

Leadership Skills

• Proven experience leading Agile engineering teams and delivering enterprise software solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers, establish high engineering standards, and drive technical excellence.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, stakeholder management, and decision-making skills.
• Self-motivated, execution-focused, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure), containerization, and microservices.
• Exposure to observability platforms, OpenTelemetry, and production monitoring.
• Experience leading modernization and AI transformation initiatives within enterprise engineering organizations.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to lead enterprise-scale modernization and AI-driven engineering initiatives.
• A highly technical, innovation-focused engineering culture.
• Opportunities to influence engineering strategy, developer productivity, and software quality.
• Challenging work with modern technologies and meaningful business impact.

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.