Staff Software Engineer - Underwriting Services Platform Team - Hybrid

GEICO • Palo Alto, CA

2d • $110,000 - $230,000 • Hybrid

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. Build the future of insurance technology at GEICO Why This Role Matters At GEICO, we’re transforming how insurance works—from the inside out. As a Staff Software Engineer on our Underwriting Services Team, you’ll play a pivotal role in building and scaling the next generation of our underwriting platform across all lines of business. This is a high‑impact role where your technical leadership will directly influence how millions of customers experience GEICO. You’ll help modernize tier‑1 underwriting services, replace manual processes with AI‑driven automation, and shape the evolution of a platform that must be highly available, secure, and built to scale. If you thrive in complex problem spaces, enjoy influencing architecture and strategy, and want to see your ideas move quickly into production—this role is for you. What You’ll Do As a Staff Software Engineer, you’ll operate as both a hands‑on technical leader and a strategic partner to product, operations, and engineering leadership. You will:

Requirements

• Expertise in at least one modern programming language such as Java, Go, or C++
• Proven ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical audiences
• Strong autonomy in solving complex problems, including diagnosing and resolving critical production issues
• Experience designing and building service‑oriented architectures using REST, gRPC, or similar protocols
• Deep understanding of system architecture, design patterns, scalability, reliability, and performance
• Extensive experience collaborating with senior engineers and technical leaders to shape engineering strategy
• Strong knowledge of DevOps, cloud architecture, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code
• Hands‑on experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP, including native cloud services
• Practical experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Strong background in observability, monitoring, and performance analysis
• Solid foundation in computer science, including data structures and algorithms
• A proactive mindset toward identifying and mitigating security risks
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, evolving, “startup‑within‑an‑enterprise” environment
• 6+ years of professional software development experience with demonstrated impact in lead or principal‑level roles
• 4+ years of experience driving architectural design and leading large‑scale system initiatives
• 4+ years working with open‑source frameworks
• 4+ years of hands‑on cloud experience (AWS, Azure, GCP, or similar)

Nice To Haves

• Experience building AI/ML‑powered products, including conversational interfaces or applications leveraging LLMs

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and production rollout of enterprise‑grade applications powering core underwriting capabilities
• Architect highly available, scalable, and secure systems that solve complex business and customer problems
• Own solutions end-to-end—from concept and design through deployment, optimization, and long-term evolution
• Drive architectural discussions, review designs and code, and elevate engineering standards across teams
• Mentor and grow junior engineers, fostering a culture of learning, craftsmanship, and accountability
• Partner closely with Product Managers and Underwriting Operations to deliver measurable business outcomes
• Influence technical direction and educate stakeholders at all levels, from engineers to senior leadership
• Champion best practices, innovation, and continuous improvement across the engineering organization
• Lead modernization efforts, including migrating and transforming legacy systems
• Ensure solutions meet high standards for quality, performance, reliability, and usability

Benefits

• Opportunity to shape mission‑critical systems used at massive scale
• High ownership, high visibility, and real influence on technical direction
• A collaborative culture that values innovation, curiosity, and engineering excellence
• The chance to modernize legacy systems and build greenfield solutions with today’s best tools and practices
• 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
• Education Level: No Education Listed