Senior Engineer – Strategy Foundation Engineering

Position Summary 

GEICO is seeking an experienced Engineer with a passion for building high-performance, low maintenance, zero-downtime platforms, and applications. You will help drive our insurance business transformation as we transition from a traditional IT model to a tech organization with engineering excellence as its mission, while co-creating the culture of psychological safety and continuous improvement. 
 
Position Description 

Our Senior Engineer is a 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 deep technical expertise in designing and implementing modern software systems, such as event-driven architecture, hybrid cloud, and more.

Position Responsibilities 
As a Senior Engineer, you will: 

·       Partner with a range of engineering teams and provide technical and thought leadership to the enterprise, guiding our technology transformation 

·       Identify areas of improvement within GEICO’s software stack, and develop and execute technical software development strategy for those domains  

·       Be accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of solutions  

·       Be a role model and mentor, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community  

·       Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams  

·       ​Scope, design, and build scalable, resilient distributed systems  

·       ​Build product definition and leverage your technical skills to drive towards the right solution  

·       ​Engage in cross-functional collaboration throughout the entire software lifecycle  

·       ​Lead in design sessions and code reviews with peers to elevate the quality of engineering across the organization  

·       ​Define, create, and support reusable application components/patterns from a business and technology perspective  

·       ​Utilize programming languages like Python, C# or other object-oriented languages, SQL, and NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Azure tools and services  

·       ​Mentor other engineers, across multiple engineering organizations 

Qualifications 

·       Deep hands-on experience in complex system design and data pipeline and architectures, scale and performance, tuning, with good knowledge on Docker and Kubernetes  

·       Advanced knowledge of at least one OOP language such as Java, .NET, Go, Python, C++, etc. 

·       Understand open-source databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc., as well as No-SQL databases like ONgDB, Cassandra, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, etc.  

·       Experience partnering with engineering teams and transferring research to production  

·       Experience with continuous delivery (CI/CD) and Infrastructure as Code  

·       Knowledge in big data and streaming data pipeline architecture (Lambda/Kafka) and K8s clusters  

·       Advanced understanding of monitoring concepts and tooling, like Grafana and Prometheus  

·       ​Proven understanding of microservices oriented architecture 

·       ​Experience architecting and designing new and current systems  

·       ​Advanced understanding of DevOps concepts including Azure DevOps framework and tools  

·       ​​In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms  

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

·       ​Excellent communication skills – needs to be able to lead projects from the front and interact with clients and sponsors on a regular basis   

·       Strong problem-solving ability  

·       ​Ability to excel in a fast-paced environment  

Experience 

·       4+ years of professional experience in software development, platform architecture, administration, governance, infrastructure management, installation, and maintenance of the hardware, software, and network systems  

·       3+ years of experience with architecture and design 

·       3+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or hybrid cloud  

·       2+ years of experience in open-source frameworks 

Education 

·       Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience 

Annual Salary

The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.

Benefits:

As an Associate, you’ll enjoy our Total Rewards Program* to help secure your financial future and preserve your health and well-being, including:

• Premier Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with no waiting period**
• Paid Vacation, Sick and Parental Leave
• 401(k) Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Training and Licensures

*Benefits may be different by location.  Benefit eligibility requirements vary and may include length of service.

**Coverage begins on the date of hire. Must enroll in New Hire Benefits within 30 days of the date of hire for coverage to take effect.

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.