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GEICO

Staff Engineer - Partner Platform

GEICO, Seattle, Washington, us, 98127

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Job Description Base pay range: $115,000.00/yr - $230,000.00/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.

Position Overview

Our Staff Engineer is a lead 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 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.

Position Responsibilities

Focus on multiple areas and provide leadership to the engineering teams

Own complete solution across its entire life cycle

Influence and build vision with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve complex problems for building enterprise‑class business applications

Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions

Lead design sessions and code reviews to elevate the quality of engineering across the organization

Utilize programming languages like .NET, Python, SQL, NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Azure tools and services

Mentor junior team members professionally to help them realize their full potential

Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams

Qualifications

Fluency and specialization with at least two modern languages such as Java, C++, Python or C# including object‑oriented design

Experience building products using micro‑services oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs

Experience designing architectures, design patterns, reliability, and scaling of new and current systems

Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code

Fluency in DevOps concepts, Cloud architecture and Azure DevOps operational framework

Experience leveraging PowerShell scripting and existing operational portals such as Azure Portal

Experience with application monitoring tools and performance assessments

Experience in datacenter structure, capabilities, and offerings, including Azure platform and its native services

Experience with security protocols and products: Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, OAuth

Experience in Azure Network (subscription, security zoning, etc.)

Experience in Genesis

In‑depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms

Strong problem‑solving ability

Ability to excel in a fast‑paced, startup‑like environment

Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, operations, real‑time communication)

Experience

6+ years of professional software development experience within a Java framework (J2EE, web containers and Java)

4+ years of experience in open‑source frameworks

3+ years of experience with architecture and design

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

$115,000.00 - $230,000.00

GEICO will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

GEICO Pledge

Great Company:

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 401(k) 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.

GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and associates. GEICO also provides a work environment in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the best of their ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for all associates and applicants.

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