Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack

Government Employees Insurance Company; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

GEICO, a leading U.S. auto insurer, is seeking a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to design and deliver modern digital claims experiences across web, mobile, and backend.

You’ll work with React, TypeScript, Java/Spring Boot, GraphQL, and Flutter, guiding architecture, standards, and cross-team decisions while delivering secure, scalable software. You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product, design, security, and platform partners, and help advance observable, resilient enterprise

Qualifications

• Experience delivering full-stack enterprise applications.
• Strong TypeScript/Java/React proficiency.
• Experience with GraphQL/REST APIs and micro-frontends.
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver full-stack capabilities across React, Java, GraphQL, and Flutter.
• Lead technical design for micro-frontends and Backend-for-Frontend services.
• Develop React and TypeScript applications using Webpack Module Federation and Redux Toolkit.
• Design and maintain Java 21 Spring Boot services with stable API contracts.
• Mentor engineers and collaborate with product, architecture, security, and delivery teams.

Skills

TypeScript

React

Java

Spring Boot

GraphQL

REST APIs

Redux Toolkit

OpenTelemetry

Unit testing

Tools

Webpack Module Federation

Flutter

Riverpod

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure AKS

Job description

Why Join GEICO?

At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities. Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive on relentless innovation to exceed our customers' expectations while making a real impact on local communities nationwide. Founded in 1936, GEICO is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and one of the largest auto insurers in the United States. When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported, and proud to work here. That's why we offer the GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards, and Great Careers.

Position Summary

We are seeking an accomplished Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to help design and deliver modern digital claims experiences for customers and associates. This role spans web, mobile, and backend development across React micro-frontends, Java-based services, GraphQL APIs, and Flutter applications. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong architectural judgment, product awareness, and collaborative leadership. You will influence engineering standards, guide cross-team technical decisions, and deliver secure, scalable, observable, and maintainable enterprise software.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and deliver full-stack capabilities across React applications, Java services, GraphQL APIs, and Flutter applications.


• Lead technical design for features spanning micro-frontends, Backend-for-Frontend services, downstream integrations, and mobile experiences.


• Develop React and TypeScript applications using Webpack Module Federation, React Router, Redux Toolkit, and shared component libraries.


• Design and maintain Java 21 and Spring Boot services that aggregate downstream APIs into stable, user-focused contracts.


• Develop GraphQL schemas, resolvers, batch mappings, and Apollo Client integrations.


• Contribute to Flutter and Dart feature packages using Riverpod, repository-based data access, shared design systems, and reusable components.


• Apply established patterns—including facade, builder, mapper, repository, strategy, visitor, observer, factory, adapter, and rule engine—to create modular and testable solutions.


• Define clear ownership of business logic across presentation, orchestration, application, and domain layers.


• Establish resilient integration patterns for REST and GraphQL services, including error handling, caching, retries, authorization, and contract compatibility.


• Use feature flags, telemetry, and progressive delivery practices to release changes safely.


• Mentor engineers through technical guidance, design reviews, pair programming, and constructive code reviews.


• Collaborate with product, design, architecture, security, and engineering partners to turn business needs into effective technical solutions.


• Improve engineering practices, reusable patterns, documentation, and development workflows across teams.

Required Technical Qualifications

• Significant professional experience designing and delivering full-stack applications in enterprise production environments.


• Advanced proficiency in TypeScript and modern JavaScript, including strong experience with React.


• Strong proficiency in Java and Spring Boot, including dependency injection, service-layer design, API development, and downstream system integration.


• Experience designing and consuming GraphQL and REST APIs.


• Experience with micro-frontend architecture, ideally including Webpack Module Federation, independently deployable applications, runtime integration, and shared-dependency management.


• Strong knowledge of frontend state-management patterns using Redux Toolkit or comparable technologies.


• Demonstrated ability to apply object-oriented design, SOLID principles, layered architecture, and reusable software design patterns.


• Experience building automated tests with tools such as Jest, React Testing Library, JUnit, Mockito, Playwright, or similar frameworks.


• Experience with containerized cloud applications, including Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.


• Familiarity with Azure services such as AKS, Microsoft identity platforms, Key Vault, Redis, Cosmos DB, and Application Insights.


• Experience with observability practices, including structured logging, distributed tracing, metrics, and OpenTelemetry.


• Working knowledge of authentication, authorization, token management, secure coding, and protection of sensitive data.


• Experience with feature-management platforms such as LaunchDarkly or Statsig.


• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, source control, pull-request practices, quality gates, and automated deployment.


• Experience with Azure services such as AKS, Microsoft identity platforms, Key Vault, Redis, Cosmos DB, and Application Insights.


• Experience with observability practices, including structured logging, distributed tracing, metrics, and OpenTelemetry.


• Working knowledge of authentication, authorization, token management, secure coding, and protection of sensitive data.


• Experience with feature-management platforms such as LaunchDarkly or Statsig.


• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, source control, pull-request practices, quality gates, and automated deployment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional experience with Dart and Flutter, including Riverpod, repository-based architecture, widget testing, and shared feature packages.


• Experience working in a large, multi-team monorepo.


• Familiarity with server-driven UI and shared enterprise design systems.


• Experience developing platforms used by both internal associates and external customers.


• Knowledge of claims, insurance, financial services, or another regulated industry.


• Experience designing Backend-for-Frontend services and separating command and query responsibilities.


• Experience establishing contract tests between frontend applications and backend services.


• A history of creating reusable libraries, architectural patterns, or engineering standards adopted by multiple teams.

A technical leadership

• Technical leadership: Provides clear architectural direction while remaining hands-on in design, coding, testing, troubleshooting, and delivery.


• Collaboration: Builds strong partnerships across frontend, backend, mobile, design, product, architecture, and platform teams.


• Communication: Explains complex technical decisions clearly to both technical and nontechnical audiences and documents decisions effectively.


• AI fluency: Uses AI-assisted engineering tools responsibly to accelerate analysis, implementation, testing, and documentation while independently validating correctness, security, and architectural alignment.


• Product and design orientation: Considers usability, accessibility, consistency, performance, and customer impact—not only functional correctness.


• Enterprise and startup mindset: Combines rapid experimentation and incremental delivery with enterprise expectations for security, reliability, compliance, and maintainability.


• Ownership and work ethic: Takes responsibility from discovery through production support and consistently delivers high-quality work.


• Innovation: Challenges unnecessary complexity, contributes new ideas, and turns promising concepts into practical, reusable improvements.


• Mentorship: Helps other engineers strengthen their technical judgment and supports a culture of constructive feedback and continuous learning.

What Success Looks Like

Features are designed coherently across web, mobile, and backend layers. Technical decisions simplify the platform and improve long-term maintainability. APIs and shared contracts remain stable, secure, and easy for other teams to consume. Releases are observable, testable, progressively delivered, and recoverable. Shared patterns and components reduce duplicated effort across engineering teams. Engineers become more effective through your mentorship and technical leadership. Customers and claims associates receive reliable, accessible, and intuitive digital experiences.

Annual Salary

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. At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

GEICO Pledge

• Great Company: Protecting customers through life's twists and turns with innovation and integrity.


• Great Careers: Personalized development programs, mentorship, and certification assistance.


• Great Culture: Inclusive and collaborative culture rooted in shared success.


• Great Rewards: Competitive pay, benefits, and flexibility to support your well-being and future.

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.

At GEICO,we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities. Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive on relentless innovation to exceed our customers' expectations while making a real impact on local communities nationwide. Founded in 1936, GEICO is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and one of the largest auto insurers in the United States.

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