Sr. Staff Engineer - Auto Sales Platform

GEICO; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

GEICO is looking for a Sr. Staff Engineer to lead backend development efforts and transition towards a tech-driven organization. This key role involves designing scalable solutions, mentoring others, and ensuring quality across multiple engineering processes, with an annual salary range of $130,000 to $260,000.

Benefits

401K savings plan with 6% match

Performance and recognition-based incentives

Tuition assistance

Mental healthcare benefits

Workplace flexibility

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software development experience, particularly in backend frameworks.
• Experience with cloud platforms like Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Proficiency in modern programming languages such as Java, Python, or C#.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering teams and provide solutions to complex problems.
• Architect, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems and microservices.
• Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Communication

Automation

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

.NET

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities.

Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive through relentless innovation to exceed our customers’ expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose.

When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported and proud to work here. That’s why we offer The GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers.

GEICO is seeking an experienced S r. S taff Engineer with a strong focus on backend development . You will play a pivotal role in building high-performance, low-maintenance, zero-downtime platforms and applications. As part of our insurance business transformation, you will help transition GEICO from a traditional IT model to a tech-driven organization with engineering excellence as its mission, while fostering a culture of psychological safety and continuous improvement.

Position Description
As a S r. Staff Engineer, you will be a key member of the engineering team, working across the organization to design and deliver scalable, high-performance backend solutions and cloud-native microservices. You will drive innovation, provide solutions to the d ay to day challenges, leverage automation, and ensure efficient data management while mentoring junior engineers and contributing to the continuous improvement of engineering practices.

Position Responsibilities

As a Sr. Staff Engineer, you will:

• Focus on multiple areas and provide leadership to engineering teams. Be the single tech engineering leader in the org working directly with Sr.Director .

• Own complete solutions across their lifecycle, ensuring quality, usability, and performance.

• Collaborate with product managers, team members, stakeholders, and other engineering teams to solve complex problems for enterprise-class business applications.

• Architect, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems and microservices using .NET technologies.

• Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions

• Build and deploy cloud-native microservices using platforms like Azure, AWS, or GCP.

• Design and implement RESTful APIs and event-driven architectures for seamless communication between systems.

• Utilize programming languages like Python, C# or other object-oriented languages, SQL, and NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Azure tools and services

• Lead in design sessions and code reviews to elevate the quality of engineering across the organization

• Publish and maintain enterprise-level design documentation, workflows, and runbooks.

• Provide support for critical systems, including 24x7 on-call support when necessary.

• Consistently Share best practices and improve processes within and across teams.

Experience

• 10 + years of professional software development experience within any backend framework .NET , Java, or Python.

• 5 + years of experience with open-source frameworks and tools.

• 6 + years of experience designing and architecting scalable backend systems and microservices.

• 6 + years of experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.

• Experience in building products using microservices-oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs.

• Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).

• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases for efficient data management.

• Proficiency in application monitoring tools and performance assessments .
  

Qualifications

• Fluency and specialization with at least two modern languages such as Java, Python or C# including object-oriented design

• Fluency in DevOps concepts, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code.

• Proficiency in designing and implementing RESTful APIs and event-driven architecture .

• Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, operations, real-time communication)

• Knowledge of cloud architecture and native services on platforms like Azure, AWS, or GCP.

• Enterprise level design documentation

• Risk assessment

• Experience in security protocols and products: Understanding of Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, OAuth

• In-depth knowledge of CS data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.

• Strong problem-solving ability and risk assessment skills.

• Ability to excel in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent education/work experience.

Annual Salary

$130,000.00 - $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.

At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The GEICO Pledge:

Great Company:At GEICO, we help our customers through life’s twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and we’re constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs.

We’re an iconic brand that thrives on innovation, exceeding our customers’ expectations and enabling our collective success. From day one, you’ll take on exciting challenges that help you grow and collaborate with dynamic teams who want to make a positive impact on people’s lives.

Great Careers:We offer a career where you can learn, grow, and thrive through personalized development programs, created with your career – and your potential – in mind. You’ll have access to industry leading training, certification assistance, career mentorship and coaching with supportive leaders at all levels.

Great Culture:We foster an inclusive culture of shared success, rooted in integrity, a bias for action and a winning mindset. Grounded by our core values, we have an an established culture of caring, inclusion, and belonging, that values different perspectives. Our teams are led by dynamic, multi-faceted teams led by supportive leaders, driven by performance excellence and unified under a shared purpose.

As part of our culture, we also offer employee engagement and recognition programs that reward the positive impact our work makes on the lives of our customers.

Great Rewards:We offer compensation and benefits built to enhance your physical well-being, mental and emotional health and financial future.

• Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
• Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
• Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
• Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.

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.