Staff Software Engineer

GEICO•Palo Alto, CA

1d•$115,000 - $230,000

About The Position

GEICO is seeking an experienced Staff Software Engineer with a passion for building high-performance, low-maintenance, and authoritative platforms that give the entire organization a single source of truth for its technology landscape. In this role you will own the strategy, architecture, and engineering of our System Catalog and Configuration Management Database (CMDB) — the connective tissue that maps every service, application, infrastructure component, and the relationships between them. You will help drive our insurance business transformation as we transition from a traditional IT model to a modern tech organization with engineering excellence as its mission, while co-creating a culture of psychological safety and continuous improvement.

Requirements

Fluency and specialization in software development and best practices using modern programming languages such as Go, Python, Typescript and React.
Strong understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases, and experience with graph databases for modeling configuration items, relationships, and dependencies.
Experience with data modeling, taxonomy/ontology design, and master-data or reference-data management for large, heterogeneous environments.
Experience building data-quality, reconciliation, and drift-detection processes that keep configuration data accurate over time.
Experience designing automated discovery and service-mapping pipelines across on-prem, hybrid, and multi-cloud estates.
Strong API design experience (REST and/or GraphQL), including versioning, schema governance, and building catalog data as a consumable platform service.
Experience working with networking, caches, key/value stores, load balancing, queues, DNS, and CDN as configuration items to be modeled and tracked.
In-depth knowledge of hybrid cloud architecture, IaaS and PaaS technologies, container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes), and observability.
Experience with infrastructure automation, tooling, and configuration management frameworks (e.g., Ansible, Terraform).
Excellent leadership and communication skills, with a passion for mentoring and fostering professional growth.
Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities, with a keen eye for detail and a drive for operational excellence.
Visionary thinker able to anticipate future challenges and opportunities, with a proven record of leading and building software in large, complex organizations.
10+ years of professional experience in software engineering.
8+ years of experience with architecture and design.
6+ years of experience with open-source frameworks.
4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service.
Demonstrated experience building or owning a system catalog, service catalog, or configuration management at enterprise scale.
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience.

Responsibilities

Develop and drive the overall strategy for the System Catalog and CMDB, aligning it with the organization’s business goals, operating model, and technology processes.
Provide thought leadership in configuration management, service cataloging, and data governance, staying ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies.
Define and own the configuration data model — classes, attributes, relationships, and dependency mappings — ensuring it is extensible, consistent, and aligned to a common taxonomy.
Establish and enforce CMDB data governance, including CI lifecycle management, ownership, reconciliation rules, and measurable data-quality and completeness standards.
Lead the design and architecture of resilient, scalable catalog and CMDB systems, considering both on-premises and cloud-based solutions.
Design and implement automated discovery and service mapping so the CMDB stays accurate with minimal manual intervention across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
Evaluate, select, and implement cutting-edge technologies and tools to enhance catalog and CMDB capabilities, including processes, compliance, and visibility.
Work closely with executive leadership, IT teams, and other stakeholders to communicate the value of accurate configuration data and foster a culture of ownership.
Be a role model and mentor, coaching and strengthening the technical expertise of our engineering and product community, and influencing and educating executives.
Analyze cost and forecast, incorporating them into business plans, and support resource requirements while measuring outcomes to ensure desired results.