GEICO
Overview
This range is provided by GEICO. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more. Base pay range $110,000.00/yr - $230,000.00/yr The GEICO Pledge : Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers. 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. Note: At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
Position Description
Our Staff Engineer is an influential technical leader and key member of the engineering staff working across 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, and demonstrates a proactive, critical thinking approach to complex problem-solving and driving technological advancement.
Position Responsibilities
Provide influential technical leadership and guidance to engineering teams. Own complete solution across its entire life cycle. Proactively influence and collaboratively build vision with product managers, principal engineers, architects, team members, and customers to solve complex enterprise-class problems, demonstrating clear, concise communication and active listening. Be accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions. Lead impactful architectural design discussions and contribute to elevating the quality of engineering through active participation in peer review requests across the organization. Utilize programming languages like Java, open-source frameworks (e.g., Spring Boot), container orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, Kafka, and a variety of Azure tools and services including Azure Boards and Azure AppInsights, alongside cloud data platforms like Snowflake. Mentor more junior team members professionally to help them realize their full potential. Consistently share best practices and drive improvements within and across teams, fostering curiosity and innovation to advance our technology and processes. Drive digital transformation initiatives, including modernizing and migrating legacy applications.
Qualifications
Fluency and specialization with Java and at least one other modern language (e.g., C++, C#) including object-oriented design. Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly, concisely, and directly, both verbally and in writing. Proven ability to provide independent technical leadership and mentor engineers with significant depth. Deep architectural maturity, capable of fostering and driving broader organizational influence through technical vision. Expertise in complex problem-solving autonomy, particularly in troubleshooting critical production issues and devising creative, scalable technical solutions. Experience in building products using microservices-oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs. Experience designing architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems, with a holistic, cross-domain view on system design. Experience collaborating with architects and other technical leaders to shape engineering strategy and solutions. Fluency in DevOps concepts, cloud architecture, and Azure DevOps operational framework, including continuous delivery and infrastructure as code. Experience with Azure Portal, Azure Boards, and SonarQube. Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies. Strong understanding of application monitoring, performance assessments, and observability practices using tools such as Azure AppInsights, Datadog, New Relic, Dynatrace, or Splunk. In-depth understanding of cloud infrastructure concepts, particularly within the Azure platform. Experience in security protocols and products: Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, and related mechanisms. Knowledge of computer science data structures and algorithms. Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment. Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle, including tools like webhook, Kafka, Snowflake, and IBM FileNet P8. Demonstrated experience driving digital transformation, including migrating or modernizing complex legacy applications.
Experience
12+ years of professional software development experience with significant, demonstrable impact in a lead or principal engineering capacity, primarily within Java (e.g., Spring Boot). 5+ years of experience in architectural design and leading significant system initiatives, including collaboration with cross-functional technical leadership. 4+ years of experience in open-source frameworks. 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.
Annual Salary
$110,000.00 - $230,000.00 The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final salary offer.
Benefits and Pledge
Comprehensive Total Rewards program with personalized coverage. Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; 401K with 6% match; performance incentives; tuition assistance. Access to mental healthcare, fertility and adoption assistance. Flexibility: GEICO Flex program allowing remote work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.
Equal Employment Opportunity
GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled. GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable equal employment opportunity. We maintain an environment free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect for all associates and applicants.
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This range is provided by GEICO. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more. Base pay range $110,000.00/yr - $230,000.00/yr The GEICO Pledge : Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers. 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. Note: At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
Position Description
Our Staff Engineer is an influential technical leader and key member of the engineering staff working across 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, and demonstrates a proactive, critical thinking approach to complex problem-solving and driving technological advancement.
Position Responsibilities
Provide influential technical leadership and guidance to engineering teams. Own complete solution across its entire life cycle. Proactively influence and collaboratively build vision with product managers, principal engineers, architects, team members, and customers to solve complex enterprise-class problems, demonstrating clear, concise communication and active listening. Be accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions. Lead impactful architectural design discussions and contribute to elevating the quality of engineering through active participation in peer review requests across the organization. Utilize programming languages like Java, open-source frameworks (e.g., Spring Boot), container orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, Kafka, and a variety of Azure tools and services including Azure Boards and Azure AppInsights, alongside cloud data platforms like Snowflake. Mentor more junior team members professionally to help them realize their full potential. Consistently share best practices and drive improvements within and across teams, fostering curiosity and innovation to advance our technology and processes. Drive digital transformation initiatives, including modernizing and migrating legacy applications.
Qualifications
Fluency and specialization with Java and at least one other modern language (e.g., C++, C#) including object-oriented design. Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly, concisely, and directly, both verbally and in writing. Proven ability to provide independent technical leadership and mentor engineers with significant depth. Deep architectural maturity, capable of fostering and driving broader organizational influence through technical vision. Expertise in complex problem-solving autonomy, particularly in troubleshooting critical production issues and devising creative, scalable technical solutions. Experience in building products using microservices-oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs. Experience designing architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems, with a holistic, cross-domain view on system design. Experience collaborating with architects and other technical leaders to shape engineering strategy and solutions. Fluency in DevOps concepts, cloud architecture, and Azure DevOps operational framework, including continuous delivery and infrastructure as code. Experience with Azure Portal, Azure Boards, and SonarQube. Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies. Strong understanding of application monitoring, performance assessments, and observability practices using tools such as Azure AppInsights, Datadog, New Relic, Dynatrace, or Splunk. In-depth understanding of cloud infrastructure concepts, particularly within the Azure platform. Experience in security protocols and products: Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, and related mechanisms. Knowledge of computer science data structures and algorithms. Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment. Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle, including tools like webhook, Kafka, Snowflake, and IBM FileNet P8. Demonstrated experience driving digital transformation, including migrating or modernizing complex legacy applications.
Experience
12+ years of professional software development experience with significant, demonstrable impact in a lead or principal engineering capacity, primarily within Java (e.g., Spring Boot). 5+ years of experience in architectural design and leading significant system initiatives, including collaboration with cross-functional technical leadership. 4+ years of experience in open-source frameworks. 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.
Annual Salary
$110,000.00 - $230,000.00 The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final salary offer.
Benefits and Pledge
Comprehensive Total Rewards program with personalized coverage. Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; 401K with 6% match; performance incentives; tuition assistance. Access to mental healthcare, fertility and adoption assistance. Flexibility: GEICO Flex program allowing remote work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.
Equal Employment Opportunity
GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled. GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable equal employment opportunity. We maintain an environment free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect for all associates and applicants.
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