Senior Staff Engineer — AI-Driven Java Microservices

GEICO Norwalk; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Pay

Benefits

Flexible Work Arrangements

Personalized Development Programs

Mentorship

Certification Assistance

Job summary

GEICO Norwalk is seeking an experienced software leader to design and maintain scalable Java and Spring Boot microservices, and to define technical roadmaps with architects and product managers.

You will build AI-powered features with ML and data science teams, provide technical leadership and mentorship, and promote code quality, security, testing, DevOps, observability, automation, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant technical field.
• 10+ years of experience building scalable Java systems.
• Hands-on Generative AI experience; familiar with RAG and MCP.
• Experience with APIs, cloud platforms, containers, CI/CD, testing.
• Knowledge of IaC and observability practices.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable Java microservices with Spring Boot.
• Define technical roadmaps with architects and product managers.
• Build AI-powered features with ML and data science teams.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and promote code quality, security, testing, DevOps, observability, automation, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Spring Cloud

Microservices

Distributed Systems

Generative AI

Retrieval-Augmented Generation

Model Context Protocol

AI-Assisted Development Tools

RESTful API Design

Cloud Technologies

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Automated Testing

Observability

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

GEICO Norwalk is seeking an experienced software leader to design and maintain scalable Java and Spring Boot microservices, and to define technical roadmaps with architects and product managers.

You will build AI-powered features with ML and data science teams, provide technical leadership and mentorship, and promote code quality, security, testing, DevOps, observability, automation, and continuous improvement.