Senior Platform Engineer GCP

About FAI

At First American (India), we don’t just build software—we build the future of real estate technology. Our people- first culture empowers bold thinkers and passionate technologists to solve real-world challenges through scalable architecture and innovative design.

If you're driven by impact, thrive in collaborative environments, and want to shape how world-class products are delivered—this is the place for you.

What You'll Do

Technical Leadership : Set the example in driving individual user stories to completion from start to finish. Assess and identify risks that may be present to achieving the team’s larger goals. Document best practices and strategies regarding application deployment and infrastructure construction.

Collaborate / Partner : Work in tandem with our platform and software engineering teams and leaders to identify and implement optimal cloud-based solutions for the company.

Quality & Security Focused : Drive implementation of functionally appropriate and technically sound solutions meeting all quality & security standards.

Continuous Improvement : Assist the team in achieving ambitious goals, providing regular feedback, and driving continuous improvement. You will participate in all aspects of our software development lifecycle for cloud-based solutions, including planning, defining requirements, developing, testing, and deploying those solutions with the team.

What You’ll Bring

5+ years creating and managing infrastructure in GCP using modern Cloud Engineering practices

Proven track record for delivering fit for purpose technical solutions that balance complexity, performance, and maintainability.

Balanced approach that integrates software engineering principles with modern infrastructure operations.

Methodical, self-directed approach to diagnosing and resolving GCP platform issues.

Strong communication, documentation, and teamwork skills.

Deep experience implementing infrastructure-as-code and CI / CD best practices, with a strong understanding of Git patterns such as GitFlow and trunk-based development; monorepo vs. polyrepo strategies; and workflows including code reviews, automated testing, and security automation.

Extensive experience managing GCP Organizations, Projects, Networking Components, and cloud-native services.

Hands-on experience creating containerized solutions leveraging Docker / Kubernetes / Cloud Run / etc.

Strong knowledge of cloud security best practices, shift-left methodologies, and DevSecOps processes.

Comfortable in using and integrating AI tools into enterprise software development pipelines.

Experience working within a highly regulated industry such as Financial Services or Healthcare preferred.

Technical Skills

Proficient in infrastructure automation and scripting tools such as Terraform, gcloud CLI, Python, bash, curl, Powershell, Go, etc.

Experience in developing CI / CD pipelines within GitHub / GitLab / Azure DevOps for Infrastructure / Application deployments in GCP

Experience configuring least-privilege GCP IAM roles, Deny Assignments, Organization Policy, VPC Service Controls, etc.

Experience in managing GCP services such as VPC, Subnets, Storage Buckets, Cloud Run, VM Instances, Load Balancers, Firewall Policy & Rules, Pub / Sub, etc.

Experience using containerization technologies such as Docker, GKE, Cloud Run, App Engine, etc.

Solid foundational skills with Networking, Windows, and Linux

Familiarity with Cloud Security, Compliance, and Policy Management tools such as Prisma Cloud, Checkov, Cloud Custodian, Open Policy Agent, etc.