Lead Backend Engineer, Billing Platform

GEICO; Bethesda (MD); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

GEICO is seeking a Lead Backend Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain the company’s core billing platform. You will guide a team across multiple sub-systems including invoicing, payments, CRM integration, and analytics to deliver scalable, reliable software.

The role emphasizes architecture, performance, and collaboration with product and design to meet business goals. Hybrid work options available across top U.S. offices, including MD, TX, CA.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience architecting large-scale, complex systems.
• Proficient in Java, Kotlin, or Golang with high-performance code.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases and data pipelines (Kafka, Spark, Airflow).
• Proficient in cloud tooling, DevOps, observability, telemetry, and test automation.

Responsibilities

• Oversee high-level and low-level designs of billing platform subsystems.
• Ensure quality, reliability, usability, and performance of solutions.
• Provide strategic technical guidance across billing teams to align with vision.
• Lead design and development of scalable, maintainable software systems.

Skills

Hands-on software development

Architect large-scale systems

Java/Kotlin/Golang

SQL/NoSQL databases

Kafka/Spark/Airflow

Cloud/DevOps/observability

Team leadership/mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS

Job description

GEICO is seeking a Lead Backend Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain the company’s core billing platform. You will guide a team across multiple sub-systems including invoicing, payments, CRM integration, and analytics to deliver scalable, reliable software.

The role emphasizes architecture, performance, and collaboration with product and design to meet business goals. Hybrid work options available across top U.S. offices, including MD, TX, CA.