Senior Software Engineer- Observability and Reliability Platform Engineering (REMOTE)

GEICO; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 90,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

GEICO is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for its Observability and Reliability Platform Engineering team. The role involves leading technical strategies, mentoring team members, and ensuring high-performance solutions. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in building distributed systems and a strong foundation in observability technologies.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Paid Time Off

401(k)

Tuition Assistance

Paid Training

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with complex distributed systems and large-scale telemetry.
• Advanced knowledge of an OOP language like Java, Go, or Python.
• Experience with CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across multiple areas of the enterprise.
• Collaborate with product managers and engineering teams to solve problems.
• Develop and execute technical strategies for Observability Engineering.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GIT

Jenkins

Terraform

Ansible

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

Senior Software Engineer - Observability and Reliability Platform Engineering (REMOTE)

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Position Summary

GEICO is seeking an experienced Senior Engineer with a passion for building high-performance, low-maintenance, zero-downtime platforms and applications. You will help drive our insurance business transformation as we transition from a traditional IT model to a tech organization with engineering excellence as its mission, fostering a culture of psychological safety and continuous improvement.

Position Description

Our engineers work with Sr Staff Engineers to innovate, build new systems, improve existing ones, and identify new opportunities to apply your knowledge to solve critical problems. You will lead strategy and execution of a technical roadmap to increase product delivery velocity and unlock new engineering capabilities. The ideal candidate has deep technical expertise in the open-source observability and data platform domain.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and thought leadership across multiple areas of the enterprise.
• Collaborate with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve complex problems.
• Develop and execute technical strategies for the Observability Engineering domain.
• Ensure the quality, usability, and performance of solutions.
• Mentor and coach team members, influence executives, and share best practices.
• Analyze costs, forecast, and incorporate them into business plans.
• Determine resource requirements, evaluate operational processes, measure outcomes, and support continuous learning.
• Willingness to take on-call and operational support.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building complex distributed systems processing large-scale telemetry with knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes.
• Advanced knowledge of at least one OOP language such as Java, Go, or Python.
• Understanding of open-source databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (Clickhouse, Cassandra, Apache Trino), with knowledge of data formats like Parquet or Avro.
• Experience architecting and designing observability platform solutions and advanced data analytics using open-source technologies.
• Experience building distributed systems.
• Excellent communication skills to lead projects and interact with clients and sponsors.
• Experience with CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and transferring research to production.
• Deep knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms.
• Experience solving analytical problems with quantitative approaches.
• Knowledge of Windows Server Administration and Windows Event Log.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, startup-like environment.
• Willingness to work in both development and operational environments.
• Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development lifecycle, including source control, deployment, and automation tools.
• Knowledge of big data and streaming data pipeline architectures (Lambda/Kappa, K8 clusters).
• Experience with open-source tools like GIT, Jenkins, CircleCI, and knowledge of Terraform or Ansible is a plus.
• Knowledge of ML and AI technologies.
• Experience with open-source monitoring tools like Grafana and Prometheus.

Experience

• 3+ years in software development, platform architecture, administration, governance, infrastructure management, and maintenance.
• 3+ years working with open-source frameworks.
• 1+ years in architecture and design roles.
• 3+ years of experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, Azure, or hybrid data centers.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.

Salary Range

$90,000 - $215,000 annually. Final offers depend on experience, education, market, and location considerations. GEICO will not sponsor employment authorization for this role at this time.

Benefits

Includes medical, dental, vision insurance, paid time off, 401(k), tuition assistance, paid training, and more. Benefits may vary by location and eligibility.

Additional Information

GEICO promotes equal employment opportunity and provides accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. We foster a respectful, harassment-free work environment.