Title & Curative Associate

Doma Technology LLC; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Generous vacation time

Paid family bonding leave

Job summary

Doma Technology LLC in Seattle is looking for an Associate, Title & Curative. The role involves managing title curative workflows, ensuring timely closure of transactions, and providing exceptional customer service. Candidates must have over 3 years of title and escrow experience, excellent communication skills, and be detail-oriented. Full-time employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including medical/dental/vision insurance and paid family bonding leave.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of title & escrow experience.
• Excellent communication skills via phone, email, and in person.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with attention to detail.
• Open-minded to process changes and system updates.

Responsibilities

• Clear curative matters that may hinder closing transactions.
• Review title defects and chains to clear defects.
• Work with the closing department on proper payoffs.
• Order deeds for vesting changes as necessary.

Skills

Title & escrow experience

Communication skills

Multi-tasking

Attention to detail

Customer service experience

Team player attitude

Tools

ResWare

Job description

About Us

Doma Technology LLC offers solutions for lenders, real estate professionals, title agents, and homeowners that make closings vastly simpler and more efficient, reducing cost and increasing customer satisfaction.

Values

• Obsessively Entrepreneurial - We encourage calculated risk-taking, and we know that some of our best learning happens by making mistakes along the way.
• People First - We communicate with honesty and respect to our customers, colleagues, and partners.
• Better Together - We believe diversity, equity and inclusion creates value through the differences in our backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
• Act with Integrity - We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards in all of our business practices.

About the Role

The Associate, Title & Curative is responsible for executing their assigned roles and functions with timeliness, expert accuracy, and precision for all standard workflows on standard files. They are able to identify more complex files for escalation to senior team members, and are still learning how to complete those more complex files. They can assist more junior team members on basic workflow responsibilities. They proactively meet customer needs and provide a delightful customer experience. They exhibit the company values, and collaborate with their Supervisor to create an efficient, enjoyable work environment.

Responsibilities

• Work with internal and external systems to clear curative matters that may hinder the closing of the transaction. The associate needs to be very tech savvy and be able to utilize many system resources to cure potential issues.
• Review defects in Title including property line adjustments, missing titleholders, liens, judgments.
• Review chains of title to determine clouds on title and effect methods to clear defects.
• Work with closing department to ensure proper payoffs for closing.
• Order deeds to change vesting when necessary to ensure a timely and smooth transaction.
• Review and clear files to close.
• Review and understand more complex files, Trusts, plat maps.
• Review releases to determine if release is valid for the omission of a lien.
• Work with outside creditors for judgment liens, child support liens.
• Reviews and determines if Attorney Title Opinion Letters are valid, need clearing or clear for a final clear to close.
• Communicate internally and externally as needed.

Required Skills & Experience

• Has 3+ year(s) of title & escrow experience with demonstrated success.
• Excellent phone, email, face-to-face and remote communication skills.
• The ability to multi task and focus as required and to be proactive.
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, metrics‑driven work environment.
• Extreme attention to detail and organizational skills, knowledge of title insurance, regulatory guidelines, and legal documents is required.
• Open minded to process changes, continuous system updates and enhancements.
• Proven customer service experience.
• Have a driven, positive attitude and ability to work as a team player.
• Proficient in using various computer programs and ability to navigate educational company provided resources.
• Bonus: Experience processing files in ResWare.
• Bonus: Possession of individual title and/or escrow licenses.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits to eligible employees (FTE, non‑contract): medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), generous vacation time, and paid bonding leave.

We currently offer the following benefits to all Full‑Time employees:

• Work/Life Balance - We encourage taking Paid Time Off (PTO).
• 12 Weeks of Paid Family Bonding Leave (Maternity and Paternity).
• Incredible medical, dental, and vision benefits options to allow you to customize to you and your family’s needs that all start in the following month following your first day of employment.
• Health Savings Account (HSA).
• 401K with company match program.
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability.
• Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance.
• Critical Illness, Injury and Hospital Insurance.

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.