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GEICO

Manager, Staff Software Engineering

GEICO, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290

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GEICO MarTech and Ads organization is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager with a passion for building high performance, low-latency platforms, and applications. You will build and manage a team of engineers with a deep focus on delivering enterprise-wide products to operate in a highly performant and efficient way. Position Summary

Our Engineering Manager is an engineering leader who works with the engineering staff to innovate and build new engineering solutions, improve and enhance existing solutions as well as leverage engineering solutions to solve critical operational problems. Position Responsibilities

Work with your Director to address project dependencies, negotiate and estimate incremental delivery dates for milestones with the stakeholder community, and deliver projects on time Identify and raise appropriate project risks, in addition to presenting detailed and implementable solutions or alternatives Understand how requirements and design choices may impact systems across multiple areas Report on your team’s progress for project and other key metrics, in addition to presenting detailed and implementable ideas for areas to further improve or influence product or project delivery Initiate and support performance evaluation of team members Cultivate a culture that motivates all levels of performers to higher levels of achievement Build and maintain relationships with your team members to support an environment of trust Influence those you motivate and coach to be receptive to feedback by cultivating a culture that acknowledges and expects individuals to grow and be accountable as a result of the experience gained Identify where technical or analytical skill gaps put future team deliverables at risk and craft a plan to remediate, consistently challenge team members to share knowledge and learn new technologies Proficiently execute difficult conversations on development and performance Craft and deliver strategic and well-structured persuasive arguments to drive projects that drive process improvement, enhance cost leadership, and/or customer experience Manage up to leadership as well as give feedback when appropriate Administer coaching plan(s) and Performance Improvement Plan(s) Craft fully compliant quality documentation Compliant negotiation and execution of warning administration and/or involuntary termination Develop the team budget and be accountable for reporting on results achieved at regular intervals Significantly contribute to the team planning process to include surfacing associate level proposals Qualifications

Fluency and specialization with Java, GraphQL and SQL Experience with AI and ML technologies including MLflow, VectorDBs, Scikit-learn and Langchain Experience building products of micro-services-oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs and GraphQL Experience building the architecture and design of new and current systems Fluency in DevOps Concepts, Cloud Architecture and Azure DevOps Operational Framework Experience with application monitoring tools and performance assessments In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms Experience with solving analytical problems with quantitative approaches Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment Exemplary ability to design, perform experiments, and influence engineering direction and product roadmap Experience partnering with engineering teams and transferring research to production Experience

10+ years of engineering experience 3+ years of hands-on people leadership experience 5+ years of experience building large-scale, mission-critical applications 2+ years of experience building products with AI and ML Annual Salary

$120,000.00 - $260,000.00 The GEICO Pledge

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 foster an inclusive culture of shared success, rooted in integrity, a bias for action and a winning mindset. Our teams are led by dynamic, multi-faceted teams led by supportive leaders, driven by performance excellence and unified under a shared purpose. 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.

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