GEICO is seeking an experienced Senior Engineer with a passion for building high performance, low-latency 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. You will work in a highly collaborative environment interfacing with many other teams such as Salesforce CRM, Infrastructure, Architecture, Release Management, Application Security, and Business Product Owners to help develop and deliver critical solutions for GEICO while transforming and reimagining legacy workflows and processes. 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.
Position Responsibilities
As a Senior Engineer, you will:
- 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 including testing
- 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 developer tooling and a variety of Azure tools and services across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, operations, real-time communication) to perform advanced-level Java application design, implementation, and maintenance activities under minimal direction
- Mentor other engineers
- Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams
Qualifications:
- Advanced programming experience with Java and at least one other modern language such as C++, Python or C# including object-oriented design
- Strong understanding of web service integration (REST/SOAP) and enterprise middleware integration tiers (Apache Camel, Spring, Spring Boot)
- Experience using web technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript is preferred
- Experience with Flutter and React is preferred
- Excellent communication skills – needs to be able to lead projects from the front and interact with clients and sponsors on a regular basis
- Experience building the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems
- Advanced understanding of DevOps Concepts and Cloud Architecture.
- Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code
- 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, and testing)
- Working experience in CI/CD, Git commands, GitHub source, Azure preferred
- Experience with enterprise integrations utilizing Event Based Frameworks is highly preferred
- Experience with databases such as MS SQL Server and Oracle.
Required Experience:
- 6+ years of professional software development experience with Java and at least one other modern language such as C++, Python or C# including object-oriented design
- 3+ years of experience building the architecture and design of new and current systems
- 3+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service
- 2+ years of experience in open-source frameworks.
Desired Experience:
- Experience with Salesforce standard objects/records, custom object creation, validation rules, and relationships
- Knowledge of building and configuring flows, and process builders
- Knowledge of Salesforce Apex, SOQL, Visualforce, and Lightning Aura / LWC components
- Experience with Salesforce CDP is beneficial
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience
Annual Salary
$80,000.00 - $230,000.00
The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final 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.
At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
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.
