GEICO
Senior Staff Software Engineer- GIA Platform (REMOTE)
GEICO, San Jose, California, United States, 95199
Overview
Senior Staff Software Engineer - GIA Platform (REMOTE) at GEICO. This role focuses on building high-performance, low-maintenance, zero-downtime platforms and applications as part of the insurance business transformation and platform modernization. Base pay range
$130,000.00/yr - $260,000.00/yr 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 software engineer with a passion for building high-performance, low maintenance, zero-downtime platforms and applications. You will help drive our insurance business transformation and platform engineering domain modernization as we redefine the experience for our customers. Position description
Our Senior Staff Software Engineer works with the Manager, Distinguished and Senior Engineers to innovate and build new systems, improve and enhance existing systems, and identify new opportunities to apply your knowledge to solve critical problems. You will lead the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap that will increase the velocity of delivering products and unlock new engineering capabilities. The ideal candidate has a deep understanding of technology, risk management, engineering best practices and strategic planning to design and implement highly scalable, available, and reliable systems with effective observability. Responsibilities
Develop and drive the overall technical roadmap for the GIA Platform organization, aligning it with business goals. Collaborate with executive leadership, tech teams, and cross-disciplinary stakeholders to define strategy for delivering platform services. Influence partners and leadership to achieve milestones in the team’s technical roadmap through domain expertise. Provide thought leadership in GIA Platform and stay ahead of industry trends to balance modernization with minimal business disruption. Lead design and architecture of resilient, scalable platform services for on-premises and cloud-based solutions. Champion software development best practices and safe deployment processes to enable continuous, incremental delivery. Contribute to daily engineering activities (coding, testing, PRs, CI/CD, production support). Develop and maintain incident response plans for disaster scenarios across partner integrations. Collaborate on production readiness and operational excellence initiatives. Hands-on SDLC activities (technical reviews, architecture, development, testing, production readiness). Evaluate, select, and implement technologies to enhance partner integration (processes, compliance, visibility). Stay current with industry best practices to improve platform capabilities. Act as a trusted advisor to technical and non-technical stakeholders. Mentor engineering and product teams to strengthen technical expertise. Analyze cost and forecast, incorporating results into business plans. Determine resource requirements and measure outcomes to ensure desired results. Qualifications
Fluency in at least one modern language (Go preferred; .NET is a plus). Proven track record designing, implementing, and maintaining highly scalable, available, and reliable systems in production. Understanding of security best practices and data encryption. Understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases, including stateful services management and storage. Understanding of networking, caches, load balancing, global load balancing, queues, DNS, and CDN. Deep knowledge of DevOps practices and cloud/on-premises technologies. Hybrid cloud architecture experience (IaaS, PaaS), container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes), and observability. Strong incident management background and ability to create incident playbooks and runbooks. Experience with open-source monitoring tools and infrastructure automation (Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Pulumi, Terraform, etc.). Familiarity with cloud security and compliance standards. Excellent leadership, mentoring, and communication skills. Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities with a focus on operational excellence. Visionary thinker capable of anticipating challenges and opportunities. Proven track record leading software initiatives in large organizations. Experience
10+ years of professional software development experience. 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 other cloud providers. Education
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience. Employment details
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level Employment type: Full-time Job function: Information Technology Industries: Software Development EOE statement: GEICO is an equal opportunity employer. We hire and promote based on qualifications. We comply with applicable laws and provide reasonable accommodations as needed.
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Senior Staff Software Engineer - GIA Platform (REMOTE) at GEICO. This role focuses on building high-performance, low-maintenance, zero-downtime platforms and applications as part of the insurance business transformation and platform modernization. Base pay range
$130,000.00/yr - $260,000.00/yr 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 software engineer with a passion for building high-performance, low maintenance, zero-downtime platforms and applications. You will help drive our insurance business transformation and platform engineering domain modernization as we redefine the experience for our customers. Position description
Our Senior Staff Software Engineer works with the Manager, Distinguished and Senior Engineers to innovate and build new systems, improve and enhance existing systems, and identify new opportunities to apply your knowledge to solve critical problems. You will lead the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap that will increase the velocity of delivering products and unlock new engineering capabilities. The ideal candidate has a deep understanding of technology, risk management, engineering best practices and strategic planning to design and implement highly scalable, available, and reliable systems with effective observability. Responsibilities
Develop and drive the overall technical roadmap for the GIA Platform organization, aligning it with business goals. Collaborate with executive leadership, tech teams, and cross-disciplinary stakeholders to define strategy for delivering platform services. Influence partners and leadership to achieve milestones in the team’s technical roadmap through domain expertise. Provide thought leadership in GIA Platform and stay ahead of industry trends to balance modernization with minimal business disruption. Lead design and architecture of resilient, scalable platform services for on-premises and cloud-based solutions. Champion software development best practices and safe deployment processes to enable continuous, incremental delivery. Contribute to daily engineering activities (coding, testing, PRs, CI/CD, production support). Develop and maintain incident response plans for disaster scenarios across partner integrations. Collaborate on production readiness and operational excellence initiatives. Hands-on SDLC activities (technical reviews, architecture, development, testing, production readiness). Evaluate, select, and implement technologies to enhance partner integration (processes, compliance, visibility). Stay current with industry best practices to improve platform capabilities. Act as a trusted advisor to technical and non-technical stakeholders. Mentor engineering and product teams to strengthen technical expertise. Analyze cost and forecast, incorporating results into business plans. Determine resource requirements and measure outcomes to ensure desired results. Qualifications
Fluency in at least one modern language (Go preferred; .NET is a plus). Proven track record designing, implementing, and maintaining highly scalable, available, and reliable systems in production. Understanding of security best practices and data encryption. Understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases, including stateful services management and storage. Understanding of networking, caches, load balancing, global load balancing, queues, DNS, and CDN. Deep knowledge of DevOps practices and cloud/on-premises technologies. Hybrid cloud architecture experience (IaaS, PaaS), container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes), and observability. Strong incident management background and ability to create incident playbooks and runbooks. Experience with open-source monitoring tools and infrastructure automation (Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Pulumi, Terraform, etc.). Familiarity with cloud security and compliance standards. Excellent leadership, mentoring, and communication skills. Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities with a focus on operational excellence. Visionary thinker capable of anticipating challenges and opportunities. Proven track record leading software initiatives in large organizations. Experience
10+ years of professional software development experience. 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 other cloud providers. Education
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience. Employment details
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level Employment type: Full-time Job function: Information Technology Industries: Software Development EOE statement: GEICO is an equal opportunity employer. We hire and promote based on qualifications. We comply with applicable laws and provide reasonable accommodations as needed.
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