Staff engineer Jobs in Plano, TX

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 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.

Position Description

Our Principal Engineer I is a key member of the engineering staff working with 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.

Position Responsibilities

As a Principal Engineer I, you will :

Design and implement enterprise data governance solutions

Design and implement data quality solutions

Design and implement solutions to manage data products, data contracts and data dictionaries

Design and implement data lineage solutions

Scope, design, and build scalable, resilient distributed systems

Responsible for technical aspects of a project at the team level

Lead design sessions and code reviews to elevate the quality of engineering across the organization

Spearhead new feature use (innovate within existing tooling)

Spearhead new software acquisition and use (innovate with new tooling)

Leverage automation to remove redundant error prone tasks to improve the quality of the solution

Build product definition and leverage your technical skills to drive towards the right solution

Engage in cross-functional collaboration throughout the entire software lifecycle

Lead in design sessions and code reviews with peers to elevate the quality of engineering across the organization

Define, create, and support reusable application components / patterns from a business and technology perspective

Mentor other engineers

Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams

Qualifications

Experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems

Experience with programming languages like Java, Python, .NET, SQL, and NoSQL databases,

Experience with version control such as GIT

Experience with Big Data technologies such as HBase, Hive, Kafka, Graph DB and Cassandra

Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, operations, real-time communication)

Experience with container orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and various Azure tools and services

Familiar with Microsoft. Net tools and technologies specifically in : ASP.NET (MVC and Web API), WCF Web Services

Experience with relational and non-relational database technologies (SQL, Oracle, COSMOS, NoSQL etc.)

Experience with Load test tooling (Gatling or equivalent)

Experience with Spring Boot Framework and other Spring technologies

Experience with monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, Thousand Eyes, Influx, Grafana or equivalents

Proven understanding of microservices oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs and GraphQL

Experience architecting and designing new and current systems

Advanced understanding of DevOps concepts including Azure DevOps framework and tools

Understanding and experience working with CI / CD tooling such as Jenkins, Gradle, Artifactory, Microsoft Azure DevOps

Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code

Advanced shell scripting skills

Advanced understanding of monitoring concepts and tooling

Strong problem-solving ability

Ability to excel in a fast-paced environment

Experience with microservices oriented architecture and RESTful webservices

Experience in the complete software development life cycle

Experience specifically with React (Clean Architecture) or Angular

Experience with GIT

Experience with version control concepts including branching, merging, and conflict resolution

Experience with API development and integration, Spring Boot framework and other Spring technologies

Experience in Python development

AI / ML experience preferred

Experience

6+ years of professional software development experience with the Java programming experience or an OOP style language

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

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience

DICE

Annual Salary

77,000.00 - $300,500.00

The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate / annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.

At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

Benefits :

As an Associate, you’ll enjoy our

• to help secure your financial future and preserve your health and well-being, including :
• Premier Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with no waiting period
• Paid Vacation, Sick and Parental Leave
• 401(k) Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Training and Licensures
• Benefits may be different by location. Benefit eligibility requirements vary and may include length of service.
• Coverage begins on the date of hire. Must enroll in New Hire Benefits within 30 days of the date of hire for coverage to take effect.