Staff Engineer

• Focus on multiple areas and provide technical and thought leadership to design, build, and productionize an enterprise application
• Design and develop highly available, scalable and secure software solutions to solve most complex problems for our business and customer needs
• Lead impactful architectural design discussions and contribute to elevating the quality of engineering through active participation in reviewing designs and code
• Own complete solution across its entire life cycle
• Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions
• Mentor more junior team members professionally to help them realize their full potential
• Collaborate with Product Manager and Operations team to deliver desired business outcomes with quality and expected timelines
• Influence and educate leadership at all levels
• Consistently share best practices and drive improvements within and across teams, fostering curiosity and innovation to advance our technology and processes
• Drive digital transformation initiatives, including modernizing and migrating legacy applications

• Fluency and specialization with at least one modern language such as Java, Go, or C++
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly, concisely, and directly, both verbally and in writing
• Expertise in complex problem-solving autonomy, particularly in troubleshooting critical production issues and devising creative, scalable technical solutions
• Experience with services-oriented architecture with modern API protocols such as gRPC and REST
• Experience building the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems
• Extensive experience collaborating with senior engineers and other technical leaders to shape engineering strategy and solutions
• Fluency in DevOps Concepts, Cloud Architecture, and AWS/Azure DevOps Operational Framework, including continuous delivery and infrastructure as code
• Familiarity with and experience applying Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Strong understanding and practical experience with application monitoring, performance assessments, and observability practices, leveraging modern tools
• In-depth understanding of cloud infrastructure concepts and offerings, particularly within the AWS/Azure platform and its native services
• Strong problem-solving abilities and a proactive approach to identifying and mitigating security risks and vulnerabilities
• In-depth knowledge of computer science data structures and algorithms
• Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment
• Excellent communication skills, able to communicate complete technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• 6+ years of professional software development experience, with significant, demonstrable impact in a lead or principal engineering capacity
• 4+ years of experience in architectural design and leading significant system initiatives, including collaboration with cross-functional technical leadership
• 4+ years of experience in open-source frameworks
• 4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service

Experience building AI/ML products, conversational interfaces particularly with LLMs or similar AI models

• 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