Senior Staff Engineer: Platform & Cloud Architect

Government Employees Insurance Company; Palo Alto (CA); Remote; USD 130,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K match

Work from anywhere in the US up to 4 w

Job summary

GEICO is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to lead technical strategy and execution for high-performance, zero-downtime platforms. You will guide multiple domains, collaborate with product teams, and mentor engineers across the organization.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in software development within a Java framework, experience with cloud services, and deep expertise in architecture, design patterns, and reliability. Opportunity to influence enterprise technology and culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education/experience.
• 10+ years of professional software development experience within a Java framework (J2EE, web containers and Java).
• 8+ years of experience with architecture and design; 4+ years with cloud services (AWS, GCP, Azure).

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and thought leadership to the enterprise.
• Collaborate with product managers and teams to solve complex problems.
• Develop and execute technical software development strategy across domains.
• Ensure quality, usability and performance of solutions.
• Mentor engineers and educate executives on best practices.

Skills

Java

C++

Python

C#

Object-oriented design

DevOps concepts

Azure

Open-source frameworks

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Systems

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure DevOps

SQL

Job description

GEICO is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to lead technical strategy and execution for high-performance, zero-downtime platforms. You will guide multiple domains, collaborate with product teams, and mentor engineers across the organization.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in software development within a Java framework, experience with cloud services, and deep expertise in architecture, design patterns, and reliability. Opportunity to influence enterprise technology and culture.