Sr Staff Software Engineer - (Platform Engineering /Distributed Systems) *HYBRID*

GEICO; Renton, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

GEICO is seeking a Sr Staff Software Engineer to lead platform services in a hybrid setup across Renton, WA and Bethesda, MD. You will shape the technical roadmap, collaborate with executives, and drive scalable, zero-downtime systems with strong observability.

You will mentor teams and influence partners while ensuring production readiness and incident response excellence. The ideal candidate has 8+ years in software development, 6+ years in architecture, and hands-on experience with cloud

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software development
• 6+ years in architecture and design
• 6+ years with open-source frameworks
• 4+ years with AWS, GCP, Azure or other cloud providers

Responsibilities

• Develop and drive the overall technical roadmap for key platform services
• Collaborate with executives and cross-discipline teams to deliver scalable solutions
• Lead design and architecture of resilient, cloud-based platform services
• Mentor engineers and promote best practices in SDLC, testing, and production readiness
• Establish incident response playbooks and post-incident analyses

Skills

Go

Leadership

Incident management

Problem solving

Java

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

CI/CD

Job description

## Sr Staff Software Engineer - (Platform Engineering /Distributed Systems) \\*HYBRID\\*Apply: Hybrid: Renton, WA: Bethesda, MD: Full time: Posted Today: R0065849**Why Join GEICO?**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 on relentless innovation to exceed our customers' expectations while making a real impact on local communities nationwide.Founded in 1936, GEICO is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and one of the largest auto insurers in the United States. 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.Position Summary GEICO is seeking an experienced software engineer with a passion for building high-performance, low maintenance, zero-downtime platforms, and applications. You will help drive our insurance business transformation and platform engineering domain modernization as we redefine experience for our customers.**Position Description**Our Sr Staff Software Engineer works with our Manager, Distinguished and Sr. Engineers to innovate and build new systems, improve, and enhance existing systems and identify new opportunities to apply your knowledge to solve critical problems. You will lead the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap that will increase the velocity of delivering products and unlock new engineering capabilities. The ideal candidate has a deep understanding of technology, risk management, engineering best practices and strategic planning to design and implement highly scalable, available, and reliable systems with effective observability.**Position Responsibilities**As a Sr Staff Software Engineer, you will:* Develop and drive the overall technical roadmap for the Digital Personal Auto Sales, aligning it with the organization's business goals and objectives.* Work closely with executive leadership, tech teams, and other cross-discipline stakeholders to build optimal strategy for delivering platform services.* Leverage technical and domain expertise to influence partners and leadership to create a force multiplier in achieving milestones in the team’s technical roadmap.* Provide thought leadership in GIA Platform, staying ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies to create effective strategy that minimizes business disruption while balancing the modernization of legacy platform components.* Lead the design and architecture of resilient and scalable platform services, considering both on-premises and cloud-based solutions.* Champion software development best practices and safe deployment processes to enable continuous, incremental delivery of business values.* Contribute directly to and leading by example in day-to-day engineering activities (writing feature code and automated tests, raising PRs and reviewing peers’ PRs, developing and managing CI/CD pipelines, production support, among others)* Develop and maintain comprehensive incident response plans to address various disaster scenarios across multiple partner integration points.* Spearhead collaboration with various stakeholders in production readiness assessment and operational excellence.* Hands-on software engineering and SDLC best practices (Technical Review Documents, Architecture, Software Development, Code Reviews, Testing, Production Readiness Reviews, among others)* Evaluate, select, and implement modern technologies and tools to enhance our integration with various partners including but not limited to processes, compliance, and visibility.* Stay current with industry best practices and emerging technologies to continuously improve our partner integration platform capabilities.* Act as a trusted advisor to technical and non-technical stakeholders.* Be a role model and mentor, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community.* Analyze cost and forecast, incorporating them into business plans* Determine and support resource requirements, evaluate operational processes, measure outcomes to ensure desired results, and demonstrate adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning**Qualifications*** Fluency in at least one modern language (Go is preferred, Java is a plus)* Proven track record of designing, implementing, and maintaining highly scalable, available and reliable system in production* Understanding of security best practices and data encryption technology* Understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases, including stateful services management and storage* Understanding of networking, caches, key/value stores, load balancing, global load balancing, queues, DNS and CDN* Deep knowledge of DevOps practices, methodologies, and principles, along with a solid understanding of on prem and public cloud-based network, compute, and storage technologies* In-depth knowledge of hybrid cloud architecture, IaaS and PaaS technologies, container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes), cloud efficiency and observability etc.* Strong background in incident management* Ability to create incident response playbooks, runbooks, incident triaging strategies, and post-incident analysis to drive continuous improvement in system reliability and availability* Experience with open-source management and monitoring tools* Experience with infrastructure automation, tooling, and configuration management frameworks* Hands on experience with Kubernetes container management system* Familiarity with cloud security best practices and compliance standards* Excellent leadership skills with a passion for mentoring and fostering professional growth* Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities, with a keen eye for detail and a passion for driving operational excellence* Visionary thinker with the ability to anticipate future challenges and opportunities* Exceptional leadership and communication skills* Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities* Proven track record of successfully leading and building software in large and complex organizations**Experience*** 8+ years of professional experience in software development* 6+ years of experience with architecture and design* 6+ years of experience in open-source frameworks* 4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or other cloud service providers**Education**Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience#LI-FA1**Annual Salary**$115,000.00 - $260,000.00