Senior Staff Software Engineering Manager — Hybrid & Scale

Relha LLC; Bethesda (MD); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

GEICO is seeking a Senior Manager, Staff Software Engineering in Bethesda, MD to lead cross-functional teams in designing, building, and delivering scalable software solutions. The role emphasizes architectural leadership, performance optimization, and cloud-native initiatives across the insurer’s core platform.

Ideal candidates will drive technical roadmaps, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product teams to address resiliency, observability, and data management challenges at scale.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership in engineering teams.
• Strong system design and architecture experience.
• Proficiency in Java and/or .NET with Python exposure.
• Experience with microservices and data-driven platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define strategy and execute a technical roadmap for core platform.
• Lead architecture and design of scalable systems.
• Collaborate across teams to solve complex problems.
• Deliver high-scale, high-quality data architectures and migrations.

Skills

Leadership

System design

Java

Python

Kafka

GraphQL

gRPC

API design

Data architecture

SQL

ETL

NoSQL

Tools

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Cosmos DB

Cassandra

Trino

Job description

GEICO is seeking a Senior Manager, Staff Software Engineering in Bethesda, MD to lead cross-functional teams in designing, building, and delivering scalable software solutions. The role emphasizes architectural leadership, performance optimization, and cloud-native initiatives across the insurer’s core platform.

Ideal candidates will drive technical roadmaps, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product teams to address resiliency, observability, and data management challenges at scale.