Staff Engineer - Full Stack Applications (HYBRID)

GEICO • Seattle, WA

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

GEICO is seeking a highly skilled Staff Engineer - Fullstack Applications with a passion for building high-performance, low maintenance, zero-downtime platforms, and applications, especially optimizing and resolving performance issues in our commercial insurance tech platforms. 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. Our Staff Engineer is a lead member of the engineering staff working across the organization to provide a friction-less experience to our customers and maintain the highest standards of protection and availability. Our team thrives and succeeds in delivering high-quality technology products and services in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift quickly. The ideal candidate has broad and deep technical knowledge, typically ranging from front-end UIs through back-end systems and all points in between.

Requirements

• Fluency and specialization C# .Net and at least one additional modern object oriented language such as Java, C++, Python including object-oriented design
• Experience in building products using micro-services oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs.
• Experience building intuitive web applications using modern java script frameworks like React,Angular.
• Experience building the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems
• Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code
• Fluency in DevOps Concepts and Cloud Architecture
• Experience in leveraging PowerShell scripting
• Experience with application monitoring tools and performance assessments
• Experience in security protocols and products: Understanding of Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, OAuth
• In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms
• Strong problem-solving ability
• Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment
• Ability to document and improve workflow and system topology using Microsoft Visio
• Ability to use Azure DevOps (ADO) and document task and story progress, as well as create new tasks and user stories
• Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, operations, real-time communication)
• 6+ years of professional software development experience in C# .Net frameworks
• 4+ years of experience building fullstack applications using React or Angular JS with REST API's
• 4+ years of experience in open-source frameworks
• 3+ years of experience with architecture and design
• 3+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience

Responsibilities

• Focus on multiple areas and provide leadership to the engineering teams
• Own complete solution across its entire life cycle
• Influence and build vision with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve complex problems for building enterprise-class business applications
• Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions
• Lead in design sessions and code reviews to elevate the quality of engineering across the organization
• 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
• Mentor more junior team members professionally to help them realize their full potential
• Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams

Benefits

• 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match
• performance and recognition-based incentives
• tuition assistance
• mental healthcare
• fertility and adoption assistance
• workplace flexibility
• 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