Senior Staff Engineer - Payments Platform (Remote)

GEICO; Chevy Chase (MD); Remote; USD 115,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to modernize their Payments Platform. This remote role focuses on creating robust data architecture and analytics capabilities while mentoring engineers for a high-standard technical environment. Ideal candidates have significant software experience in regulated payment systems and a comprehensive data architecture understanding.

Benefits

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

Paid Vacation

401(k) Plan

Tuition Assistance

Paid Training and Licensures

Qualifications

• 12+ years in software development with Go or Java frameworks.
• 10+ years in architecture and system design with data-intensive applications.
• 8+ years with cloud-native systems.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement secure data systems for payments.
• Develop strategies for real-time and batch data processing.
• Mentor engineers and establish standards for technical decisions.

Skills

Problem-solving

Leadership

Collaboration

Data privacy understanding

Compliance knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Tools

Postgres

Cassandra

Kafka

Airflow

Spark

Job description

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Base pay range

$115,000.00/yr - $260,000.00/yr

Summary

As a Sr. Staff Engineer, you’ll lead the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap for modernization of our Payments Platform, with a strong focus on data architecture. You will design how payment data is stored, collected, and structured to power critical use cases such as fraud, business analytics, machine learning and financial reporting. You will work across the team to build scalable, resilient, and modern data systems while mentoring engineers and establishing high standard for technical decision making and team performance.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement secure, resilient, and compliant data systems for our payment platform across legacy (MS SQL) and modern (Postgres, Cassandra) systems.
• Develop and execute a strategy for real-time and batch data processing, ensuring data is correct, complete and timely for downstream use cases.
• Lead the development of data-driven solutions, including integrating complex data systems, and implementing analytics capabilities to derive insights from large datasets.
• Partner closely with data engineers, analysts and scientists to define and implement data models and pipelines, that support critical business use cases.
• Provide mentorship and foster a culture of learning and engineering excellence.
• Set high standards for code, design documentation, and technical decision-making.
• Establish practices for a high-performing engineering organization.
• Stay ahead of industry trends and recommend new technologies.
• Resolve service disruptions and implement prevention/self-healing mechanisms.
• Influence and educate stakeholders at all levels.
  
  

Qualifications

• Proven track record of designing and implementing data platforms for payments, financial or highly regulated systems
• Ability to connect technical data solutions to business needs, ensuring data is actionable for business use cases
• Deep understanding of modern data architecture patterns, including event-driven architecture, steam processing (e.g. kafka) and real-time data processing.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to architect complex systems that can process and analyze large-scale data efficiently.
• Strong experience with cloud-native architecture, CNCF frameworks, and databases like Postgres and Cassandra
• Proficiency in modern programming languages (e.g., Go, Java, Python, C#) and data-related tools like Kafka, Airflow, Spark, etc.
• Strong problem-solving, leadership and collaboration skills across distributed teams.
• Understanding of data privacy, compliance, and governance practices in the payments industry
  
  

Experience

• 12+ years in software development with Go or Java frameworks.
• 10+ years in architecture and system design with a data-intensive applications.
• 8+ years with cloud-native systems, CNCF frameworks and distributed data stores
• Experience with payment systems and financial reporting is highly preferred.
  
  

Education

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

Annual Salary

$115,000.00 - $260,000.00

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.

GEICO will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

Benefits

As an Associate, you’ll enjoy our Total Rewards Program* to help secure your financial future and preserve your health and well-being, including:

• Premier Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with no waiting period**
• Paid Vacation, Sick and Parental Leave
• 401(k) Plan
• Tuition Assistance
• Paid Training and Licensures
• Benefits may be different by location. Benefit eligibility requirements vary and may include length of service.
• Coverage begins on the date of hire. Must enroll in New Hire Benefits within 30 days of the date of hire for coverage to take effect.
  
  

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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Insurance

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