Senior Staff Software Engineer — Architect Scalable Systems

GEICO

Chicago (IL)

On-site

USD 130,000 - 260,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

GEICO is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to provide technical leadership for critical software systems and to establish a strong culture of ownership. You will guide the technical direction of multiple products, shape how GEICO Tech develops software, and deliver high-impact outcomes for the organization.

The role emphasizes architecture, strategy, and innovation across teams. Responsibilities include setting a durable technical direction, evolving architecture, ensuring reliability and

Qualifications

10+ years of experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems.
Experience with fault tolerance, resilience, and recovery design.
Strong ability to lead beyond a single team and shape shared platforms.

Responsibilities

Own the long-term technical direction for GEICO tools and the management plane.
Define and evolve system orchestration patterns for diverse architectures.
Balance reliability, operability and development speed in architectural decisions.
Integrate across vendor and bespoke platforms to unify developer experiences.
Develop and mature software ownership standards and practice as the team grows.

Skills

Golang

Microservices

Kubernetes

Frontend experience

Developer tooling

Job description

The role emphasizes architecture, strategy, and innovation across teams. Responsibilities include setting a durable technical direction, evolving architecture, ensuring reliability and

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