Senior Engineer – Full Stack, Strategy Foundation Engineering at GEICO

Feedinkoo; United States; On-site; USD 105,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sponsorship for employment

401(k) matching

Tuition assistance

Job summary

GEICO is seeking a Senior Engineer to build high-performance, low-maintenance platforms and web applications. You’ll lead with engineering excellence as the company evolves from traditional IT to a modern tech organization.

Responsibilities include end-to-end feature delivery, cross-functional collaboration, and mentoring engineers to raise technical capabilities across teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in designing, building, and operating scalable backend systems.
• Strong knowledge of modern SPA frameworks (React, Angular, Vue).
• Proficiency in Go, Python, Java, or C++ and JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Solid CS fundamentals and experience with CI/CD and IaC tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deliver end-to-end features for backend, APIs, data pipelines, and UI.
• Own quality and reliability with automated tests and observability.
• Mentor engineers and promote best practices across teams.
• Lead design sessions and code reviews to raise engineering standards.
• Collaborate across the software lifecycle and define reusable components.

Skills

Full stack

SPA frameworks

Go/Python/Java/C++

CS fundamentals

CI/CD pipelines

Docker

Kubernetes

SQL/NoSQL databases

Terraform

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

Position Summary

GEICO is seeking an experienced Senior Engineer with a passion for working full stack and building high-performance, low‑maintenance, and highly available platforms and web applications. You will lead by example to drive our technology and 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 Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deliver end‑to‑end features: scalable backend systems, performant APIs, data pipelines, and responsive web UIs.
• Own quality and reliability across the stack, implementing automated testing and observability for both frontend and backend components.
• Mentor and coach engineers to strengthen the technical expertise and know‑how of our engineering and product community.
• Champion continuous improvement and consistently share best practices within and across teams.
• 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 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.

Required Qualifications

• Deep hands‑on professional experience designing, building, and operating scalable backend and data‑intensive systems with an emphasis on performance.
• Experience designing and building modern single‑page applications (React, Angular, Vue).
• Fluency in at least one of Golang, Python, Java, C++ as well as JavaScript / TypeScript.
• Strong CS fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, complexity analysis).
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes (containerization, orchestration, deployment).
• Understanding of open‑source relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.) or NoSQL column stores (Cassandra, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, etc.).
• Ownership of continuous integration and delivery pipelines (CI/CD) and Infrastructure‑as‑Code workflows (Terraform).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills – comfortable leading projects and presenting solutions to clients and sponsors on a regular basis.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands‑on experience building microservice architectures and REST/gRPC APIs in production.
• Production experience with event‑streaming and big‑data stacks (Kafka, Lambda, Flink, Spark).
• Familiarity with observability stacks (Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus) and SRE practices.
• Knowledge of developer productivity tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, automated testing, GitHub Actions, real‑time communication).
• Familiarity with design systems, single‑page application optimizations, and web testing.
• Previous contributions to open‑source projects, tech talks, or technical blogs.

Experience

• 4+ years of professional experience with production software systems, including software development, platform architecture, infrastructure management, data governance, web UIs, and network operations.
• 3+ years of experience with the architecture and design of distributed solutions (microservices, event‑driven, or data‑intensive).
• 3+ years of hands‑on experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and hybrid cloud environments.
• 2+ years of experience with open‑source frameworks / libraries.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience.

Annual Salary

$105,000.00 – $215,000.00. 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.

Benefits

• GEICO will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.
• 401(k) savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match.
• Tuition assistance.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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.