GEICO
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Staff Engineer – FinOps (REMOTE)
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GEICO Base pay range: $115,000.00/yr - $230,000.00/yr This range is provided by GEICO. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more. We are looking for a highly motivated and skilled Staff Engineer – FinOps to join our Capacity and Workload Management organization. This role is part of the
FinOps and Cloud Optimization team , focusing on leading FinOps Engineering projects with expertise in Cloud Services, architecture, cost optimization, budgeting and forecasting. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in leading significant projects, encompassing budgeting and forecast, cost optimization, capacity planning, and a readiness to take charge and collaborate across the stack as per the team\'s requirements. Responsibilities
Demonstrating a strong grasp of cloud requirements such as cost optimization and capacity planning, facilitating cross-organizational partnerships for cost optimization discussions. Managing and implementing optimization and automation strategies for business processes. Contributing to the creation of a comprehensive strategy to enhance savings, improve spend reporting, governance, and drive process enhancement. Collaborating with business leaders, engineers, and partner teams to collect budget requirements, establish and maintain budget report using various tools, forecast the cost and relevant tasks. Overseeing FinOps stakeholder communications, defining FinOps KPIs for IT executives, and collaborating with Controllers/Tech Financials Controls. Effectively relaying critical information to stakeholders, including senior leadership. Assisting in developing the Economic Unit using business metrics to manage cloud operational expenses. Providing technical and thought leadership across multiple stack layers, focusing on full stack web app development and ensuring UI, microservices, and backend systems integration. Serving as a role model and mentor to senior and junior engineers, guiding them in system architecture, design, and implementation. Maintaining clear communication with partner teams and leads, explaining technical implementations to stakeholders for alignment across teams. Utilizing experience in deploying web applications in Kubernetes environments to ensure reliable interaction with backend services and seamless integration with cloud and on-premises systems. Qualifications
Deep understanding of Cloud Services and architectures, pricing models, and billing structures that allow deep dives and complex analysis of cost trends, anomalies, identify areas of improvement and support decision making with data driven insights. Strong understanding of cloud-based services usage and pricing; AWS and/or Azure and Hands on cloud experience (AWS, Azure etc.). Strong understanding of cloud requirements, ability to partner across GEICO Tech and drive cost optimization discussions. Collaborate with application teams to understand their approaches and designs to optimize performance and costs within cloud services. Experience designing and developing microservices using Python, Django, gRPC with protocol buffers, Kafka and Apache Spark with a deep understanding of both API and event-driven architectures. Experience: 8+ years in FinOps projects; 5+ years budgeting, forecasting, cost savings, and reporting; 4+ years in open-source frameworks and cloud technologies (Azure, AWS, GCP); 3+ years cloud architecture and design including cost optimization, capacity planning, pricing, performance tuning; 2+ years professional software development experience with technologies such as Java, TypeScript, ReactJS, BootstrapJS, Python, Golang, Docker, Kubernetes, or Terraform. Education: Bachelor\'s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience. Annual Salary
$115,000.00 - $230,000.00 The GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers. Benefits and Culture
Comprehensive Total Rewards program with personalized coverage for you and your family. Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; 401K with 6% match; performance incentives; tuition assistance. Access to mental healthcare, fertility and adoption assistance. Workplace flexibility and GEICO Flex program (work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year). The equal employment opportunity policy of GEICO applies to 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 law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of qualifications for the job. GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities. Seniority level
Mid-Senior level Employment type
Full-time Job function
Engineering and Information Technology Industries Insurance Geico will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.
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Join to apply for the
Staff Engineer – FinOps (REMOTE)
role at
GEICO Base pay range: $115,000.00/yr - $230,000.00/yr This range is provided by GEICO. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more. We are looking for a highly motivated and skilled Staff Engineer – FinOps to join our Capacity and Workload Management organization. This role is part of the
FinOps and Cloud Optimization team , focusing on leading FinOps Engineering projects with expertise in Cloud Services, architecture, cost optimization, budgeting and forecasting. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in leading significant projects, encompassing budgeting and forecast, cost optimization, capacity planning, and a readiness to take charge and collaborate across the stack as per the team\'s requirements. Responsibilities
Demonstrating a strong grasp of cloud requirements such as cost optimization and capacity planning, facilitating cross-organizational partnerships for cost optimization discussions. Managing and implementing optimization and automation strategies for business processes. Contributing to the creation of a comprehensive strategy to enhance savings, improve spend reporting, governance, and drive process enhancement. Collaborating with business leaders, engineers, and partner teams to collect budget requirements, establish and maintain budget report using various tools, forecast the cost and relevant tasks. Overseeing FinOps stakeholder communications, defining FinOps KPIs for IT executives, and collaborating with Controllers/Tech Financials Controls. Effectively relaying critical information to stakeholders, including senior leadership. Assisting in developing the Economic Unit using business metrics to manage cloud operational expenses. Providing technical and thought leadership across multiple stack layers, focusing on full stack web app development and ensuring UI, microservices, and backend systems integration. Serving as a role model and mentor to senior and junior engineers, guiding them in system architecture, design, and implementation. Maintaining clear communication with partner teams and leads, explaining technical implementations to stakeholders for alignment across teams. Utilizing experience in deploying web applications in Kubernetes environments to ensure reliable interaction with backend services and seamless integration with cloud and on-premises systems. Qualifications
Deep understanding of Cloud Services and architectures, pricing models, and billing structures that allow deep dives and complex analysis of cost trends, anomalies, identify areas of improvement and support decision making with data driven insights. Strong understanding of cloud-based services usage and pricing; AWS and/or Azure and Hands on cloud experience (AWS, Azure etc.). Strong understanding of cloud requirements, ability to partner across GEICO Tech and drive cost optimization discussions. Collaborate with application teams to understand their approaches and designs to optimize performance and costs within cloud services. Experience designing and developing microservices using Python, Django, gRPC with protocol buffers, Kafka and Apache Spark with a deep understanding of both API and event-driven architectures. Experience: 8+ years in FinOps projects; 5+ years budgeting, forecasting, cost savings, and reporting; 4+ years in open-source frameworks and cloud technologies (Azure, AWS, GCP); 3+ years cloud architecture and design including cost optimization, capacity planning, pricing, performance tuning; 2+ years professional software development experience with technologies such as Java, TypeScript, ReactJS, BootstrapJS, Python, Golang, Docker, Kubernetes, or Terraform. Education: Bachelor\'s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience. Annual Salary
$115,000.00 - $230,000.00 The GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers. Benefits and Culture
Comprehensive Total Rewards program with personalized coverage for you and your family. Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; 401K with 6% match; performance incentives; tuition assistance. Access to mental healthcare, fertility and adoption assistance. Workplace flexibility and GEICO Flex program (work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year). The equal employment opportunity policy of GEICO applies to 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 law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of qualifications for the job. GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities. Seniority level
Mid-Senior level Employment type
Full-time Job function
Engineering and Information Technology Industries Insurance Geico will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.
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