Staff Engineer: Testing Frameworks & Tooling

GEICO; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 105,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

GEICO is hiring an experienced Staff Software Engineer for our Testing Tools and Frameworks team in Bethesda, MD. You will design, extend, and maintain testing frameworks and libraries that scale to hundreds of engineers, delivering faster feedback and richer analytics.

You’ll mentor teammates and champion modern testing strategies and tooling. The role requires in-depth knowledge of Pytest, Playwright, TestNG, and languages like Go, Node, Java, or Python.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in information technology or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience in software testing, performance/load testing.
• Deep familiarity with test framework internals or advanced topics in Pytest, Playwright, TestNG.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Go, Node, Java, Python.
• Strong proficiency in Linux system administration and shell scripting.
• Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• (highly desirable) Experience developing large scale performance test rigs for K6.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business and engineering to understand testing complexity and translate needs to testing capabilities.
• Develop extensions, plugins, fixtures, and layers to improve test framework capabilities.
• Prototype new test vectors, approaches, tools, or methods.
• Bridge gaps between teams by building new libraries.
• Build tools such as Excel Addons, data sanitation services, CLIs to solve challenges.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers.
• Stay updated with industry trends to keep delivery processes cutting-edge.

Skills

Software testing

Test frameworks

Go

Node.js

Java

Python

Linux

Kubernetes

Perf testing

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in IT or related field

Tools

Pytest

Playwright

TestNG

Job description

GEICO is hiring an experienced Staff Software Engineer for our Testing Tools and Frameworks team in Bethesda, MD. You will design, extend, and maintain testing frameworks and libraries that scale to hundreds of engineers, delivering faster feedback and richer analytics.

You’ll mentor teammates and champion modern testing strategies and tooling. The role requires in-depth knowledge of Pytest, Playwright, TestNG, and languages like Go, Node, Java, or Python.