Manager, Staff Software Engineering - SEO (REMOTE)

GEICO; Chevy Chase (MD); Remote; USD 130,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is on the lookout for a dynamic Manager of Staff Engineering to lead a team in building high-performance, low-latency platforms within the MarTech organization. This role emphasizes innovation and strategic execution, driving the transformation of traditional IT into a tech-focused organization. The ideal candidate will possess deep technical expertise and a passion for fostering a culture of continuous improvement and psychological safety. Join a forward-thinking company that values growth and accountability, where your contributions will significantly impact the delivery of enterprise-wide products and solutions.

Benefits

Premier Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Paid Vacation

Sick Leave

Parental Leave

401(k) Plan

Tuition Assistance

Paid Training

Licensures

Qualifications

• 6+ years coding experience with strong knowledge of algorithms and data structures.
• Experience in cloud technologies and modern programming languages like Python or Java.
• Proficient in application performance and digital experimentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy and execution of technical roadmap to enhance product delivery.
• Cultivate a culture of trust and motivate team members for high performance.
• Report on team progress and develop team budget while managing project risks.

Skills

Algorithms

Data Structures

HTML-5

JavaScript/TypeScript

PHP

XML

JSON

RESTful Web Services

Event Driven Architectures

Python

Java

Go

Cloud Computing

Object-Oriented Development

Microservices

Unit Testing

Performance Assessment

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Cassandra

Kubernetes

React

gRPC

graphQL

Spring WebFlux

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Job description

GEICO is seeking an experienced Manager, Staff Engineering with a passion for building high performance, low-latency platforms, and applications within the MarTech organization. You will build and manage a team of engineers with a deep focus on delivering enterprise-wide products to operate in a highly performant and efficient way. 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 Manager, Staff Engineering is an engineering leader who works with the engineering staff to innovate and build new engineering solutions, improve and enhance existing solutions as well as leverage engineering solutions to solve critical operational problems. A Manager will lead strategy and execution of a technical roadmap that will increase the velocity of delivering products and unlock new engineering capabilities. The ideal candidate has deep technical expertise to improve application performance, capacity benchmarking, improve availability and reliability, design and evolve cloud infrastructure and architecture.

Position Responsibilities
As a Manager, Staff Engineering, you will:

• Understand how requirements and design choices may impact systems across multiple areas.
• Work with your engineering leadership to address project dependencies, negotiate and estimate incremental delivery dates for milestones with the stakeholder community, and deliver projects on time.
• Identify and raise appropriate project risks, in addition to presenting detailed and implementable solutions or alternatives.
• Report on your team’s progress for project and other key metrics, in addition to presenting detailed and implementable ideas for areas to further improve or influence product or project delivery.
• Initiate and support performance evaluation of team members.
• Cultivate a culture that motivates all levels of performers to higher levels of achievement.
• Build and maintain relationships with your team members to support an environment of trust.
• Influence those you motivate and coach to be receptive to feedback by cultivating a culture that acknowledges and expects individuals to grow and be accountable as a result of the experience gained (growth mindset).
• Identify where technical or analytical skill gaps put future team deliverables at risk and craft a plan to remediate, consistently challenge team members to share knowledge and learn new technologies.
• Proficiently execute difficult conversations on development and performance.
• Craft and deliver strategic and well-structured persuasive arguments to drive projects that drive process improvement, enhance cost leadership, and/or customer experience.
• Significantly contribute to the team planning process to include surfacing associate level proposals.
• Develop the team budget and be accountable for reporting on results achieved at regular intervals.

Qualifications:

• Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and core computer science concepts.
• Fluency with HTML-5, JavaScript/TypeScript, PHP, XML, JSON, RESTful Web Services, and Event Driven Architectures.
• Expertise with at least one modern language such as Python, Java, Go and experience with open-source software is a big plus.
• Proven ability to concentrate and demonstrate a capacity for learning technical concepts and adapting to new technologies quickly.
• Knowledge of cloud computing technologies and concepts (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, etc.).
• Working knowledge of object-oriented development, Gang of Four (GOF) Design Patterns, Microservices, Dependency Injection with IOC containers, and both frontend and backend unit testing.
• Strong Cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.) platform knowledge.
• Basic UI/UX and prototype design knowledge and experience.
• Proven experience in digital experimentation and using web analytics data to optimize the online customer experience.
• Experience with application monitoring tools and performance assessments.
• Constructing, interpreting, and applying metrics to your work and decision making, able to use those metrics to identify correlation between drivers and results, and using that information to drive prioritization and action.

Bonus points for:

• Experience with Cassandra, Kubernetes, React, PHP, gRPC, graphQL or Spring WebFlux.
• Hands-on experience with SEO, CMS systems and Marketing Automation platforms such as Salesforce Marketing Cloud.
• Knowledge of DTM tagging, including implementation solution design and processing rule set.

Experience:

• 6+ years coding experience.
• 5+ years of development in a large-scale, mission-critical environment.
• 5+ years of hands-on work experience supervising personnel in a technical environment.
• 2+ years of experience with automated testing including Unit, Integration, and End-to-End functional testing.

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or related field, or equivalent experience.

Annual Salary
$130,000.00 - $260,000.00
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.

GEICO will consider sponsoring a new qualified 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 Assistance.
• 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.