Principal Platform Automation Engineer - Open-Source DB

Government Employees Insurance Company - GEICO; Indianapolis (IN); Remote; USD 90,000 - 204,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

Paid Vacation, Sick and Parental Leave

401(k) Plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Training and Licensures

Job summary

Government Employees Insurance Company - GEICO is seeking a Principal Engineer to innovate and build new systems. You will enhance existing systems and lead the execution of a technical roadmap, increasing product delivery velocity.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience with open-source database platforms and a background in complex system design, Docker, and Kubernetes.

This role offers a competitive salary range and a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision insurance, and a 401(k) plan.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of PaaS and IaaS experience.
• Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Deep hands-on experience in data pipeline architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap.
• Collaborate with product managers to solve complex problems.
• Mentor and coach engineers, sharing best practices.

Skills

Complex system design

Docker

Kubernetes

Object-Oriented Programming (Java, Go, Python, C++)

Open-source databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL)

NoSQL databases (Cassandra, MongoDB)

CI/CD pipelines

Big data architecture

Machine Learning and AI technologies

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

Government Employees Insurance Company - GEICO is seeking a Principal Engineer to innovate and build new systems. You will enhance existing systems and lead the execution of a technical roadmap, increasing product delivery velocity.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience with open-source database platforms and a background in complex system design, Docker, and Kubernetes.

This role offers a competitive salary range and a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision insurance, and a 401(k) plan.