Senior Software Engineer - DevOps Platform

GEICO; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Benefits package

Professional growth programs

Job summary

GEICO is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to shape the Release Platform and DevOps tooling for 3000+ engineers. You will design scalable frameworks, enable policy-driven automation, and mentor junior engineers across platform, security, and infrastructure teams.

You will drive adoption of open-source technologies, implement blue/green and canary deployments, and ensure observability of release pipelines in a large enterprise environment.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience building internal developer platforms and DevOps tooling for large-scale orgs.
• Expertise in Python, Go, .NET and TypeScript for scalable platform services and automation.
• Deep experience with Kubernetes, including namespace management, service discovery, networks, ingress, and service mesh.
• Proficient with CI/CD platforms: Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.
• Practical experience implementing GitOps workflows and Policy as Code with OPA.
• Scripting skills (bash, Python) and deployment pattern knowledge (blue/green, canary, rolling).
• Cloud networking concepts and multi-cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP) with containerized deployments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain Release Platform services and tooling for automated, observable software delivery workflows.
• Develop and enhance CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows using Azure DevOps Pipelines and GitHub Actions.
• Develop policy-as-code governance frameworks using Open Policy Agent (OPA).
• Create self-service deployment workflows and configuration automation for developers, with security integration.
• Collaborate with security and release-control teams to embed guardrails, change gates, and auditability.
• Implement observability practices including monitoring, logging, and tracing for reliability.
• Apply deployment patterns (blue/green, canary) and safe rollback mechanisms.
• Mentor engineers, review code, and promote engineering excellence across teams.
• Work with infrastructure, platform, SRE, and application teams to deliver cohesive developer experiences.
• Continuously explore open-source innovations to improve platform reliability and security.

Skills

Python

Go

TypeScript

React

.NET

Kubernetes

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitOps

OPA

Cloud (Azure/AWS/GCP)

Deployment strategies

Open Policy Agent

Networking

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field

Tools

Azure DevOps Pipelines

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Kubernetes

OPA (Open Policy Agent)

Job description

GEICO is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to shape the Release Platform and DevOps tooling for 3000+ engineers. You will design scalable frameworks, enable policy-driven automation, and mentor junior engineers across platform, security, and infrastructure teams.

You will drive adoption of open-source technologies, implement blue/green and canary deployments, and ensure observability of release pipelines in a large enterprise environment.