Staff Engineer

GEICO • Palo Alto, CA

1d • Remote

About The Position

GEICO is seeking an experienced Engineer with a passion for building high-performance, low maintenance, zero-downtime platforms, and applications. 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.

Requirements

• Fluency and Specialization with at least two modern languages such as Java, C++, Python or C# including object-oriented design
• Experience in building products using micro-services oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs
• 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, Cloud Architecture, and Azure DevOps Operational Framework
• Experience in leveraging PowerShell scripting
• Experience in existing Operational Portals such as Azure Portal
• Experience with application monitoring tools and performance assessments
• Experience in Datacenter structure, capabilities, and offerings, including the Azure platform, and its native services
• Experience in security protocols and products: Understanding of Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, OAuth
• Experience in Azure Network (Subscription, Security zoning, etc.)
• Experience in Genesis
• In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms
• Strong problem-solving ability
• Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment
• 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 within a Java framework (J2EE, web containers and Java)
• 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

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 .NET, Python, 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