Senior Staff Engineer - Java & Cloud Architecture

GEICO Norwalk; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 130,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sponsorship

Job summary

GEICO is seeking aSenior Staff Engineer to lead the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap across multiple domains. This role partners with staff and Sr. engineers to deliver innovative systems, improve existing platforms, and unlock new capabilities, driving velocity and quality.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product teams and executives, and shape architectural decisions, ensuring scalable, reliable solutions across the organization.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software development experience within a Java framework (Spring).
• 8+ years of experience with architecture and design.
• 6+ years of experience in open-source frameworks.
• 4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service.

Responsibilities

• Focus on multiple areas and provide technical and thought leadership to the enterprise.
• Collaborate with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve our toughest problems.
• Develop and execute technical software development strategy for a variety of domains.
• Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions.
• Utilize programming languages like Java, Python or other object-oriented languages, SQL, and NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Azure tools and services.
• Be a role model and mentor, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community. Influence and educate executives
• Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams
• Analyze cost and forecast, incorporating them into business plans
• Determine and support resource requirements, evaluate operational processes, measure outcomes to ensure desired results, and demonstrate adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning

Skills

Java

Python

C++

C#

Object-oriented design

DevOps

Cloud architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure DevOps

PowerShell

Azure Portal

Job description

GEICO is seeking aSenior Staff Engineer to lead the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap across multiple domains. This role partners with staff and Sr. engineers to deliver innovative systems, improve existing platforms, and unlock new capabilities, driving velocity and quality.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product teams and executives, and shape architectural decisions, ensuring scalable, reliable solutions across the organization.