Jobs in Port Elizabeth, South Africa

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 through relentless innovation to exceed our customers’ expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose.

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 Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead the architecture, design, development, and delivery of scalable, enterprise-level solutions for our Compliance, Risk, and Audit organizations. The ideal candidate will have experience with Risk and Compliance applications as well as finance business applications. This position involves hands-on technical leadership, innovation, and collaboration to align technology solutions with business goals.

Position Description

In this role, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including business stakeholders, product experts, and other technical leaders, to deliver multiple Risk/Compliance tools (e.g. GRC; Regulation management; Model management; etc.) that will transform how GEICO manages their Risk, Compliance, and Audit portfolios. You will play a key role in the architecture, development, and deployment of solutions while ensuring best practices in software design, security, and performance. This role combines application solutioning, technical expertise, and strong functional knowledge of Risk, Compliance, and Finance business applications.

Position Responsibilities

As a Snr Staff Software Engineer for CCRA technologies, you will:

• Lead the architecture, solution design, and implementation of vendor products or bespoke systems to support the Risk, Compliance, and Audit functions as well as work towards providing insightful analytics to proactively identify trends and issues.
• Leverage their awareness of Risk & Compliance technologies (e.g. Auditboard; Archer; OpenPages; ServiceNow; etc.) to support the implementation of vendor applications to support business requirements.
• Leverage finance system knowledge to ensure seamless integration of financial data from ERP systems, sub-ledgers and other enterprise sources to support the Risk and Compliance system requirements
• Mentor other engineers and consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams
• Understanding of DevOps concepts including Azure DevOps framework and tools to build out appropriate applications
• Oversee system-wide technical initiatives, migrations, performance tuning, and process automation.
• Innovate and prototype new tools or frameworks to improve development efficiency and product quality.
• Provide thought leadership in new technologies, design patterns, and best practices, staying ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies.
• Perform root cause analysis of performance issues and implement monitoring, profiling, and optimization strategies as needed.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of professional experience in software development.
• 10+ years of professional experience working with large enterprise or business applications, preferably Finance or Risk related.
• 5+ years of experience with Risk and Compliance systems (e.g. GRC; Regulatory Management; Model management; etc.) via established vendors (e.g. Auditboard; Archer; IBM; ServiceNow; etc.)
• Strong understanding of Risk, Compliance, and Audit reporting philosophies; and cross-finance practices to ensure data, integrations, and solutions are well designed
• 5+ years of experience with ERP systems (Oracle, Workday, SAP, PeopleSoft) is desirable
• Deep understanding of object-oriented design with expertise in either Java or C#.
• Strong understanding of relational databases (SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL) and data integration frameworks.
• In-depth knowledge of cloud platforms and technologies (AWS, Azure) and containerization tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proficiency in DevOps practices and tools for CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure management.
• Good knowledge of security protocols and products: understanding of Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, or OAuth.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate with various audiences (leadership, highly technical, and non-technical business partners)
• Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment

Education · Bachelor’s degree in in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Annual Salary

$115,000.00 - $260,000.00

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.

At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The GEICO Pledge:

Great Company:At GEICO, we help our customers through life’s twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and we’re constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs.

We’re an iconic brand that thrives on innovation, exceeding our customers’ expectations and enabling our collective success. From day one, you’ll take on exciting challenges that help you grow and collaborate with dynamic teams who want to make a positive impact on people’s lives.

Great Careers:We offer a career where you can learn, grow, and thrive through personalized development programs, created with your career – and your potential – in mind. You’ll have access to industry leading training, certification assistance, career mentorship and coaching with supportive leaders at all levels.

Great Culture:We foster an inclusive culture of shared success, rooted in integrity, a bias for action and a winning mindset. Grounded by our core values, we have an an established culture of caring, inclusion, and belonging, that values different perspectives. Our teams are led by dynamic, multi-faceted teams led by supportive leaders, driven by performance excellence and unified under a shared purpose.

As part of our culture, we also offer employee engagement and recognition programs that reward the positive impact our work makes on the lives of our customers.

Great Rewards:We offer compensation and benefits built to enhance your physical well-being, mental and emotional health and financial future.

• Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
• Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
• Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
• Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.

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.