Staff Engineer - Java/Spring Boot/Event Driven Architecture/Workflow Orchestration & Backend Op[...]

GEICO; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 110,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

GEICO is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead the technical roadmap and modernize our servicing systems with API-first design and scalable services. You will drive strategy with Sr.

engineers, building high-throughput, low-latency APIs and microservices in a hybrid cloud setup. The ideal candidate will mentor teams, collaborate across functions, and deliver end-to-end solutions spanning front-end through back-end systems.

Qualifications

• Must design and influence engineering direction and product roadmap.
• Experience partnering with engineering teams and transferring research to production.
• Expertise in API-first engineering, event-driven architectures, and real-time APIs including federated GraphQL and gRPC with high-throughput, low-latency requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to multiple areas and the enterprise.
• Collaborate across team members and across the tech organization to solve tough problems.
• Deliver high-quality services and software for various domains.
• Ensure quality, usability, performance, and reliability of solutions on high-volume, latency-critical paths.
• Design and develop APIs and microservices using GraphQL, gRPC, Java, Python with API-first design.
• Deploy applications in a hybrid cloud environment using Kubernetes and diverse data stores.
• Work on end-to-end solutions from front-end to back-end domain services.
• Durable workflow orchestration with versioning and failure handling.
• Mentor engineers and educate executives across the engineering and product community.

Skills

API-first design

GraphQL

gRPC

Java

Python

C#

NoSQL databases

Docker

Kubernetes

End-to-End architecture

Temporal

AWS Step Functions

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Cosmos

Cassandra

Trino

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Temporal

AWS

Job description

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 Description

Our Staff Engineer works with our 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 modernizing our servicing organization with API first design. The ideal candidate is a self-starter that has deep technical expertise in their domain.

Position Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to multiple areas and provide technical and thought leadership to the enterprise
• Collaborate across team members and across the tech organization to solve our toughest problems
• Deliver High-Quality services and software for a variety of domains
• Accountable for the quality, usability, performance and reliability of the solutions(high-volume, highly scalablesystems andsub-second SLAson latency-critical paths)
• Utilize your expertise in designing and developing API's and microservices using graphQL, gRPC, Java, Python, Kafka, with a deep understanding of API first design
• Utilize programming languages like Java, C#, or other object-oriented languages, SQL, and NoSQL databases.
• Deploy applications in a hybrid cloud environment utilizing Kubernetes, various data stores, and a variety of cloud native tools and services
• Work on End-to-End solutions that may span front-end through API tiers and Back-End domain services.
• Durableworkflow orchestration(long-running processes, retries, idempotency, versioning, failure handling, production operations with platform teams)
• Be a role model and mentor, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community. Influence and educate executives

Qualifications

• Exemplary ability to design, perform experiments, and influence engineering direction and product roadmap
• Experience partnering with engineering teams and transferring research to production
• Proven expertise inAPI-firstengineering,event-driven architecture, andreal-time APIs—includingfederated GraphQLandgRPC—with experienceoperating high-throughput systemsandmeeting strict latency targets(includingsub-second SLAson defined synchronous paths), plus sound handling ofschema evolution and performance.
• Ability to manage schema evolution, versioning and high-performance API driven systems
• Proven experience designing and delivering highly-resilient event-driven and messaging based solutions at scale with minimal latency.
• Hands-on experience withdurable workflow orchestrationat scale (e.g.Temporal, AWS Step Functions, or equivalent): workflow design,versioning, failure handling, and production operations—integrated withmessaging/eventplatforms where relevant
• Deep hands-on experience in building complex SAAS systems in large scale business focused systems, with great knowledge on Docker and Kubernetes
• Fluency and Specialization with Java and at least one other modern language such as C#, C++, or Python including object-oriented design
• Extensive experience in leading and building full-stack application and service development
• Great understanding of open-source databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc. And strong foundation with No-SQL databases like Cosmos, Cassandra. Apache Trino etc.
• Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment
• Experience building the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems
  Experience in implementing security protocols across services and products: Understanding of Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, OAuth

Annual Salary

$110,000.00 - $230,000.00

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.

GEICO will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The GEICO Pledge:

Great Company: Protecting customers through life's twists and turns with innovation and integrity.

Great Careers: **Personalized development programs, mentorship, and certification assistance.

Great Culture: **Inclusive and collaborative culture rooted in shared success.

Great Rewards: **Competitive pay, benefits, and flexibility to support your well-being and future.

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.