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Senior Staff Engineer (REMOTE)

GEICO
Washington, DC Remote Full Time
POSTED ON 1/28/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/27/2025

GEICO is seeking an experienced Engineer with a passion for building high-performance, low maintenance, zero-downtime platforms, and applications. You will help drive our insurance business transformation as we transition from a traditional IT model to a tech organization with engineering excellence as its mission, while co-creating the culture of psychological safety and continuous improvement.

Position Description :

Our Senior Staff Engineer works with our Staff and Sr. Engineers to innovate and build new systems, improve and enhance existing systems and identify new opportunities to apply your knowledge to solve critical problems. You will lead the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap that will increase the velocity of delivering products and unlock new engineering capabilities. The ideal candidate has deep technical expertise in their domain.

Position Responsibilities

As a Senior Staff Engineer, you will :

  • Focus on multiple areas and provide technical and thought leadership to the enterprise.
  • Collaborate with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve our toughest problems.
  • Develop and execute technical software development strategy for a variety of domains.
  • Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions.
  • Utilize programming languages like Python, C# or other object-oriented languages, SQL, and NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Azure tools and services.
  • Be a role model and mentor, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community. Influence and educate executives.
  • Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams.
  • Analyze cost and forecast, incorporating them into business plans.
  • Determine and support resource requirements, evaluate operational processes, measure outcomes to ensure desired results, and demonstrate adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning.

Qualifications :

  • Strong UI / UX and prototype design knowledge and experience.
  • Experience in digital asset management, personalization and using web analytics data to optimize the online customer experience.
  • Experience with SEO best practices, Content Management, including implementation solution design and processing rule set.
  • Fluency with HTML5, React, Redux, JavaScript / TypeScript, CSS, JSON, RESTful Web Services, NodeJS, and Event Driven Architectures.
  • Strong Cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.) platform knowledge.
  • Familiar with Project Management and work item management tools such as Azure DevOps, JIRA.
  • Exemplary ability to design, perform experiments, and influence engineering direction and product roadmap.
  • Experience partnering with engineering teams and transferring research to production.
  • Track-record of publications history in credible conferences and journals.
  • Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code.
  • In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms.
  • Experience solving analytical problems with quantitative approaches.
  • Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment.
  • Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, operations, real-time communication).
  • Fluency and Specialization with modern languages such as Java, Python including object-oriented design.
  • Experience with Micro-services oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs.
  • Experience with AI / ML and data driven integration with backend.
  • Experience building the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems.
  • Fluency in DevOps Concepts, Cloud Architecture, and Azure DevOps Operational Framework.
  • Experience with application monitoring tools and performance assessments.
  • Experience in security protocols and products : Understanding of Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, OAuth.
  • Experience in Azure Network (Subscription, Security zoning, etc.).
  • Experience :

  • 10 years of professional software development experience within a Java framework (J2EE, web containers and Java).
  • 8 years of experience with architecture and design.
  • 6 years of experience in open-source frameworks.
  • 4 years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service.
  • Education :

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience.
  • Annual Salary : $110,000.00 - $261,500.00

    The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate / annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.

    GEICO will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

    Benefits :

    As an Associate, you’ll enjoy our Total Rewards Program to help secure your financial future and preserve your health and well-being, including :

  • Premier Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with no waiting period.
  • Paid Vacation, Sick and Parental Leave.
  • 401(k) Plan.
  • Tuition Reimbursement.
  • Paid Training and Licensures.
  • Benefits may be different by location. Benefit eligibility requirements vary and may include length of service.

  • Coverage begins on the date of hire. Must enroll in New Hire Benefits within 30 days of the date of hire for coverage to take effect.
  • The equal employment opportunity policy of the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.

    GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and / or perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and associates. GEICO also provides a work environment in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the best of their ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for all associates and applicants.

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    Salary : $110,000 - $261,500

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