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Senior Staff Engineer

Senior Staff Engineer

GEICOSeattle, WA, United States
13 hours ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Join GEICO as a Senior Staff Engineer .

The base pay range for this position is $130,000.00 / yr - $260,000.00 / yr.

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.

Position Description

Our Senior Staff Engineer works with our Staff and Sr. Engineers to innovate and build new systems, improve and enhance existing systems, and identify new opportunities to apply your knowledge to solve critical problems.

Position Responsibilities

  • Focus on multiple areas and provide technical and thought leadership to the enterprise.
  • Collaborate with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve our toughest problems.
  • Develop and execute technical software development strategy for a variety of domains.
  • Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions.
  • Utilize programming languages like Python, C#, or other object-oriented languages, SQL, and NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Azure tools and services.
  • Be a role model and mentor, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community.
  • Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams.
  • Analyze cost and forecast, incorporating them into business plans.
  • Determine and support resource requirements, evaluate operational processes, measure outcomes to ensure desired results, and demonstrate adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning.

Qualifications

  • Exemplary ability to design, perform experiments, and influence engineering direction and product roadmap.
  • Experience partnering with engineering teams and transferring research to production.
  • Track-record of publications history in credible conferences and journals.
  • Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code.
  • In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms.
  • Experience solving analytical problems with quantitative approaches.
  • Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment.
  • Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle.
  • Fluency and specialization with at least two modern languages such as Java, C++, Python, or C# including object-oriented design.
  • Experience with Micro-services oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs.
  • Experience building the architecture and design of new and current systems.
  • 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.
  • In-depth knowledge of 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

  • 10+ years of professional software development experience within a Java framework (J2EE, web containers, and Java).
  • 8+ years of experience with architecture and design.
  • 6+ years of experience in open-source frameworks.
  • 4+ 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.

    • The GEICO Pledge

    Great Company : At GEICO, we help our customers through life’s twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and we’re constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs.

    Great Careers : We offer a career where you can learn, grow, and thrive through personalized development programs, created with your career – and your potential – in mind.

    Great Culture : We foster an inclusive culture of shared success, rooted in integrity, a bias for action, and a winning mindset.

    Great Rewards : 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.

    • The equal employment opportunity policy of the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability, or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.

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