Staff Engineer - Duck Creek (REMOTE)

GEICO; Chevy Chase (MD); Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is on the lookout for a highly skilled Staff Engineer to join their dynamic team. This role involves optimizing and resolving performance issues in commercial insurance tech platforms while driving the transformation from a traditional IT model to a tech-focused organization. The ideal candidate will have a robust technical background, leading engineering teams to deliver high-quality solutions and mentoring junior members. If you're passionate about building high-performance applications and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you to make a significant impact.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software development experience, focusing on C# .NET.
• Experience with microservices architecture and REST APIs.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering teams to deliver high-quality technology products.
• Own complete solutions across their entire lifecycle.

Skills

C# .NET

Python

Java

C++

SQL

NoSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure DevOps

PowerShell

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Azure

Microsoft Visio

Job description

Position Summary

GEICO is seeking a highly skilled Staff Engineer with a passion for building high-performance, low-maintenance, zero-downtime platforms and applications, especially to optimize and resolve performance issues in our commercial insurance tech platforms. You will help drive our insurance business transformation as we transition from a traditional IT model to a tech organization with engineering excellence as its mission, while co-creating a culture of psychological safety and continuous improvement.

Position Description

Our Staff Engineer is a lead member of the engineering team working across the organization to provide a frictionless experience to our customers and maintain the highest standards of protection and availability. Our team thrives and succeeds in delivering high-quality technology products and services in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift quickly. The ideal candidate has broad and deep technical knowledge, typically ranging from front-end UIs through back-end systems and all points in between.

Position Responsibilities

As a Staff Engineer, you will:

1. Focus on multiple areas and provide leadership to the engineering teams
2. Own complete solutions across their entire lifecycle
3. Influence and build vision with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve complex problems for building enterprise-class business applications
4. Be accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions
5. Lead design sessions and code reviews to elevate engineering quality across the organization
6. Utilize programming languages like Python, C#, or other object-oriented languages, SQL, NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Azure tools and services
7. Mentor junior team members professionally to help them realize their full potential
8. Share best practices and improve processes within and across teams

Qualifications

• Fluency and specialization in C# .NET and at least one additional modern language such as Java, C++, or Python, including object-oriented design
• Experience in building products using microservices-oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs
• Experience designing architecture, including patterns, reliability, and scaling of systems
• Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code
• Fluency in DevOps concepts and cloud architecture
• Experience leveraging PowerShell scripting
• Experience with application monitoring tools and performance assessments
• Knowledge of security protocols and products: Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, OAuth
• In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment
• Ability to document and improve workflows and system topology using Microsoft Visio
• Proficiency with Azure DevOps (ADO) for task and story management
• Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development lifecycle

Experience

• 6+ years of professional software development experience in Duck Creek, C# .NET, CBO, Author, and ManuScript
• 4+ years of experience with open-source frameworks
• 3+ years of experience with architecture and design
• 3+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or other cloud services

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience