Staff Software Engineer: AI-Driven, Scalable Systems Lead

GEICO; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

GEICO is seeking a Staff Engineer to advance large-scale, distributed systems across the engineering stack. You will lead across frontend through backend, mentor teammates, and influence design decisions with a focus on AI-enabled improvements.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years of software development, strong architecture experience, and hands-on cloud expertise in Azure or other providers. This role emphasizes engineering leadership in a fast-growing environment.

Qualifications

• Programming in Java, C#, Python or TypeScript.
• Experience designing and evolving distributed systems architecture.
• Mentoring juniors and guiding teams.
• Strong CS data structures and algorithms knowledge.
• Understanding HTML-5, JavaScript/TypeScript, XML and JSON.
• Knowledge of microservices and REST APIs.
• Cloud/DevOps experience with Azure/AWS/GCP.
• Security concepts including AD, SAML, OAuth.

Responsibilities

• Scope, design, and build scalable, resilient distributed systems.
• Collaborate across the full software lifecycle.
• Lead design reviews to raise engineering quality.
• Mentor junior engineers and help them succeed.
• Leverage Python, C#, Java, TypeScript, SQL, NoSQL.
• Use Docker and Kubernetes; leverage Azure tools and services.
• Share best practices and improve cross-team processes.
• Define product direction and drivesolutions.
• Perform analysis and estimation tasks.

Skills

Distributed systems

Mentoring

CS data structures & algorithms

HTML5 / JS / TS

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure

SQL

NoSQL

Job description

GEICO is seeking a Staff Engineer to advance large-scale, distributed systems across the engineering stack. You will lead across frontend through backend, mentor teammates, and influence design decisions with a focus on AI-enabled improvements.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years of software development, strong architecture experience, and hands-on cloud expertise in Azure or other providers. This role emphasizes engineering leadership in a fast-growing environment.