Senior Staff Engineer, Software Engineering (HYBRID)

GEICO•Palo Alto, CA

11d•$130,000 - $260,000•Hybrid

About The Position

At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities. Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive through relentless innovation to exceed our customers’ expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose. When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported and proud to work here. That’s why we offer The GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers. Senior Staff Engineer, Software Engineering Position Description We are seeking a highly accomplished Senior Staff Engineer to join our engineering organization and drive technical excellence across our platform. This is a pivotal role for a seasoned engineer who combines deep hands-on expertise with the ability to influence technical direction at the organizational level. As a Senior Staff Engineer, you will be architecting scalable infrastructure, mentoring engineering teams, and applying cutting-edge AI solutions to solve complex, business-critical problems. You will work at the intersection of infrastructure, data systems, and applied artificial intelligence, ensuring our technology stack is robust, efficient, and positioned for future growth.

Requirements

Deep expertise in infrastructure systems, including compute platforms (Kubernetes, Docker, cloud services), networking, and storage
Strong database experience across relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL solutions (MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, DynamoDB)
Demonstrated experience applying AI to solve real-world problems in production environments
Expert-level proficiency in at least two programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, Go, Rust)
Experience designing and building distributed systems at scale
Strong understanding of cloud platforms (Azure OR AWS) and infrastructure-as-code practices
Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, build systems, and deployment automation (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, ArgoCD)
Background in building real-time data processing systems (Kafka, Flink, Spark)
Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences
Experience working in a platform engineering team, building internal developer platforms or shared infrastructure services
10+ years of professional software development experience, with a proven track record of increasing technical scope and impact
6+ years of experience in open-source frameworks
5+ years of development in a large-scale, mission-critical environment
Hands-on work experience coaching and mentor personnel in a technical environment
5+ years of experience with one of the public clouds - AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service
5+ years of experience working in a platform engineering team, building internal developer platforms or shared infrastructure services
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience

Responsibilities

Define and drive the technical vision for infrastructure and AI-powered systems across the organization
Design, architect, and implement highly scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems
Lead technical decision-making on critical projects, balancing short-term needs with long-term sustainability
Establish and champion engineering best practices, design patterns, and coding standards
Architect and optimize compute infrastructure for performance, reliability, and cost efficiency
Design and implement database solutions (relational and NoSQL) that scale to meet business demands
Drive cloud infrastructure strategy, including containerization, orchestration, and serverless architectures
Ensure system reliability, observability, and operational excellence across all platform components
Identify and prioritize opportunities to apply AI/ML to solve high-impact business problems
Stay current with emerging AI technologies and evaluate their applicability to business challenges
Mentor and grow senior engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning
Conduct design reviews and provide constructive feedback on technical proposals
Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and business stakeholders
Lead complex, ambiguous projects from conception through delivery
Drive pragmatic trade-offs between technical debt, velocity, and quality
Contribute hands-on to critical codebases when needed
Champion operational excellence and incident management best practices

Benefits

We offer compensation and benefits built to enhance your physical well-being, mental and emotional health and financial future.
Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.

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