Sr. Staff Engineering Manager - Policy Platform

Geico Insurance • Palo Alto, CA

73d • $150,000 - $300,000 • Remote

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. We're building the future of insurance technology-API-first, AI-powered, and engineered for scale. At GEICO, the Policy Engineering teams are on a mission to redefine how insurance policies are built, managed, and evolved. We're designing world-class services that are modular, resilient, and ready to power intelligent automation across the enterprise.

Requirements

• 7+ years of hands-on software development or solutions engineering experience
• Recent experience developing or designing software solutions
• 5+ years of leadership experience managing multiple scrum teams
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
• Strong technical background in modern engineering practices
• Demonstrated experience delivering scalable cloud-based applications (AWS, Azure)
• Strong knowledge and practical application of Agile methodologies and frameworks
• Experience with CI/CD, Release Management, and SDLC

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to drive the modernization of GEICO's policy services and systems
• Influence product vision and collaborate with product teams to deliver solutions aligned with business strategy
• Champion and instill strong Agile practices to drive team effectiveness, adaptability, and continuous delivery
• Ensure operational excellence through engineering best practices
• Coach and mentor team members for high performance and accountability
• Deliver scalable, cloud-based applications

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Insurance Carriers and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees