Senior Platform Engineer - Hybrid, Distributed Systems

GEICO; Renton, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

GEICO is seeking a Sr Staff Software Engineer to lead platform services in a hybrid setup across Renton, WA and Bethesda, MD. You will shape the technical roadmap, collaborate with executives, and drive scalable, zero-downtime systems with strong observability.

You will mentor teams and influence partners while ensuring production readiness and incident response excellence. The ideal candidate has 8+ years in software development, 6+ years in architecture, and hands-on experience with cloud

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software development
• 6+ years in architecture and design
• 6+ years with open-source frameworks
• 4+ years with AWS, GCP, Azure or other cloud providers

Responsibilities

• Develop and drive the overall technical roadmap for key platform services
• Collaborate with executives and cross-discipline teams to deliver scalable solutions
• Lead design and architecture of resilient, cloud-based platform services
• Mentor engineers and promote best practices in SDLC, testing, and production readiness
• Establish incident response playbooks and post-incident analyses

Skills

Go

Leadership

Incident management

Problem solving

Java

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

CI/CD

Job description

GEICO is seeking a Sr Staff Software Engineer to lead platform services in a hybrid setup across Renton, WA and Bethesda, MD. You will shape the technical roadmap, collaborate with executives, and drive scalable, zero-downtime systems with strong observability.

You will mentor teams and influence partners while ensuring production readiness and incident response excellence. The ideal candidate has 8+ years in software development, 6+ years in architecture, and hands-on experience with cloud