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Staff Engineer - Payment Platform

United States, Palo Alto 110000.00 - 230000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted February 21, 2026
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At GEICO, we’re redefining insurance through innovative technology, delivering trusted, seamless experiences to millions of customers. Our payment platform is at the core of this mission, powering secure, scalable, and efficient transactions. As a Staff Engineer, you’ll lead the design and development of our next-generation payment platform, leveraging data expertise to drive fraud detection, optimize transaction flows, and enhance real-time analytics. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams, champion engineering excellence, and foster a culture of collaboration and innovation.

Job Responsibility

  • Lead Payment Platform Innovation: Architect and build scalable, secure payment systems, integrating real-time fraud detection, tokenization, and batch processing capabilities
  • Harness Data for Impact: Design data pipelines and analytics frameworks to monitor transaction health, detect fraud patterns, and optimize payment performance
  • Drive Strategy: Partner with product managers, data scientists, and engineers to define and execute a technical roadmap for payment modernization and analytics
  • Ensure Reliability: Own the performance, security, and usability of payment platforms, ensuring 99.9% uptime and compliance with industry standards
  • Mentor & Inspire: Coach engineers, share best practices, and influence stakeholders to elevate payment and data engineering expertise
  • Support Operations: Provide on-call support for payment systems, troubleshoot issues, and champion CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code practices

Requirements

  • Fluency and Specialization with at least two modern languages such as Java, C++, Python or C# including object-oriented design
  • Fluency in DevOps Concepts, Cloud Architecture, and Azure DevOps Operational Framework
  • 6+ years of experience designing complex systems, data pipelines, and architectures, with expertise in scaling, performance tuning, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Deep expertise in SQL & open-source databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, etc.) for transaction and analytics use cases
  • 10+ years in software development, platform architecture, or infrastructure management, ideally with payment or fintech systems
  • 4+ years working with open-source frameworks
  • 3+ years in system architecture and design, preferably for payment or data platforms
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent work experience

Nice to have

  • Cloud & Automation: 3+ years working with Azure, AWS, or hybrid data centers
  • DevOps & Analytics: Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (Git, Jenkins, CircleCI) and monitoring tools like Grafana and OpenTelemetry for transaction observability
  • Big Data Expertise: Familiarity with latest data architecture, streaming data pipelines (e.g., Apache Spark, Kafka), and AI/ML frameworks for fraud detection and analytics

What we offer

  • 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
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