Senior Staff Software Engineer

GEICO•CA Remote Zone 1, CA

1d•$115,000 - $260,000•Onsite

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 on relentless innovation to exceed our customers' expectations while making a real impact on local communities nationwide. Founded in 1936, GEICO is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and one of the largest auto insurers in the United States. 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. Primary Position Objective: Under general supervision, INNOVATES and BUILDS new systems, IMPROVES and ENHANCES existing systems and IDNETIFIES new opportunities to apply knowledge to solve critical problems. LEADS Strategy and Execution of a technical roadmap to increase velocity of delivering products and new engineering capabilities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience
10+ years of professional software development experience
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
3+ years of people management experience

Responsibilities

PROVIDES technical and thought leadership to the enterprise.
COLLABORATES with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve highly complex problems.
UTILIZES programming languages databases (.NET, Python, SQL, NoSQL), Container Orchestration services (Docker and Kubernetes), and a variety of Azure tools and services.
HOLDS accountability for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions.
INFLUENCES and BUILDS vision with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve complex problems for building enterprise class business applications.
ACTS as role model and MENTORS and COACHES engineers to strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community. INFLUENCES and EDUCTES executives.
SHARES best practices and IMPROVES processes within and across teams.
ANALYZES cost and forecast to incorporate into business plans.
DETERMINES and SUPPORTS resource requirements, EVALUATES operational processes, MEASURES outcomes to ensure desired results, DEMONSTRATES adaptability, SPONSORS continuous learning.
ADHERES to GEICO Code of Conduct, company policies, and operating principles.
MEETS attendance standard at business location to perform necessary job functions and to facilitate interaction with management and co-workers.
MEETS the requirements specified below.
Must be able to, with or without accommodation, perform the essential functions which include, but are not limited to seeing, hearing, typing, and speaking
Must be able to use a PC
Must be able to follow complex instructions, resolve conflicts or facilitate conflict resolution, and have strong organization/priority setting skills
Must be able to multi-task
Must be able to learn and apply large amounts of technical and procedural information, and follow processes that have been published
Must be knowledgeable of software coding and following standards and processes that have been published and the guidelines for the design
Must be able to provide system training to team members as needed
Must be able to communicate in a clear, concise, professional oral or written manner, to be understood by customers, clients, co-workers and other employees of the organization
Must be able to perform under pressure and stressful situations
May be required to be on call for production support 24x7
Must be able to concentrate and demonstrate a capacity for learning technical concepts and adapting to new technologies quickly