Manager - Staff Engineering (CEPH, Storage Platform) HYBRID

GEICO•Seattle, WA

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

GEICO is seeking an experienced Manager, Staff Engineering to lead a platform engineering team responsible for building and operating a next-generation Object Storage platform. You will manage a team of 8–10 engineers, drive platform strategy, and deliver scalable, reliable and secure storage solutions. This role requires strong experience in platform development, distributed systems, and storage technologies, along with proven people management experience.

Requirements

3+ years of engineering management experience
8+ years of software engineering experience in platform or infrastructure teams
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field required
Strong experience in distributed systems and platform development
Hands-on experience building and operating storage platforms
Experience with cloud-native technologies (Kubernetes, containers, APIs)
Strong experience with Ceph (RGW, RADOS) is required
Experience with object storage and S3-compatible architectures
Solid understanding of data durability, replication, and consistency models

Responsibilities

Lead and manage a team of 8–10 engineers, including hiring, mentoring, and performance management
Define and deliver the roadmap for the Object Storage platform
Guide the design and development of scalable, reliable and secure storage systems
Ensure high availability, performance, and operational excellence of the platform
Drive best practices in automation, monitoring, and incident management
Partner with cross-functional teams to align platform capabilities with business needs