Staff Engineer - (Javascript/Typescript/Java/C#/Python)

GEICO • Palo Alto, CA

82d • $115,000 - $230,000

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. Position Summary GEICO is seeking an experienced Engineer with a passion for building high-performance, low maintenance, zero-downtime platforms, and applications. You will help create our next generation, cloud native Content Management System using the latest frameworks and technologies available. Be a part of a tech transformation where engineering excellence, continuous improvement, and a culture of psychological safety are paramount. Position Description Our Staff Engineer is a key member of the engineering staff working across the organization to provide friction-less experiences to our customers and maintaining the highest standards of protection and availability. Key engineering responsibilities will focus on the development and continued maintenance of several web applications and their supporting architecture, including both customer-facing experiences as well as internally developed web tools to facilitate content management. 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 bringing forward a full stack mindset, work duties can range from front-end UIs through back-end systems and all points in between.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of headless CMS architectures and open-source solutions with experience in JavaScript, React, PostgreSQL and NGINX
• Experience with modern front-end frameworks, likes of React, NodeJs, Angular, including hooks, state management, and component architecture
• Strong background in delivering digital - web products at scale
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure concepts, platforms, and technologies
• Advanced understanding of monitoring concepts and tooling
• Ability to prioritize and drive results based on business value to the organization
• Strong understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Experience designing flexible, scalable, high-availability Cloud native applications
• Experience architecting and designing new and current systems
• Strong critical thinking, decision making, and problem-solving skills
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate to both senior leadership and highly technical personnel
• Ability to excel in a fast-paced environment
• 8+ years of professional software development experience and/or solutions engineering experience with technologies such as Java, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Golang, Docker, Kubernetes, or Terraform.
• Must have recent hands-on experience with developing or designing cloud solutions
• 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

Nice To Haves

• Experience delivering CMS solutions using Contentful, Strapi, Storyblok, or AWS Amplify is desired
• Understanding of data modeling and AI concepts is desired

Responsibilities

• Scope, design, and build scalable and resilient software solutions amongst diverse engineering groups
• Utilize programming languages like JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Node.js, Objective C, C#, Dart, Python, SQL, and NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Azure tools and services
• Perform engineering design evaluations and code reviews with peers to elevate the quality of engineering across the organization
• Manage day-to-day activities of the engineering teams overseeing execution of software development projects against delivery commitments
• Seek ways to simplify and standardize designs, operations, and deployment plans, focusing on reducing complexity and providing performance, agility, and scalability
• Responsible for production operations support and ensuring availability, stability, and performance of production applications
• Collaborate with cross-functional organizations throughout the entire software lifecycle to ensure technology and roadmap alignment
• Manage projects and processes to keep the team organized, efficient, and optimally running
• Set, manage, and report KPIs to measure progress and facilitate data-driven decision making
• Responsible for evaluating and driving new technology and Open-Source software considerations
• Research and guide architectural level changes that support and enhance application performance, security, and our drive to innovate
• Mentor and manage engineering peers to help share the necessary skills to perform their jobs and develop their professional careers
• Proficiency in crafting prompts using AI tools for software development tasks.

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level