GEICO · 3 months ago
Manager, Staff Software Engineering
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$120K/yr - $260K/yr
10+ years expGEICO is a leading insurance company that values innovation and excellence in service. They are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a team focused on building high-performance platforms and applications, driving the transformation of their insurance business through engineering excellence.
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Responsibilities
Work with your Director to address project dependencies, negotiate and estimate incremental delivery dates for milestones with the stakeholder community, and deliver projects on time
Identify and raise appropriate project risks, in addition to presenting detailed and implementable solutions or alternatives
Understand how requirements and design choices may impact systems across multiple areas
Report on your team’s progress for project and other key metrics, in addition to presenting detailed and implementable ideas for areas to further improve or influence product or project delivery
Initiate and support performance evaluation of team members
Cultivate a culture that motivates all levels of performers to higher levels of achievement
Build and maintain relationships with your team members to support an environment of trust
Influence those you motivate and coach to be receptive to feedback by cultivating a culture that acknowledges and expects individuals to grow and be accountable as a result of the experience gained (growth mindset)
Identify where technical or analytical skill gaps put future team deliverables at risk and craft a plan to remediate, consistently challenge team members to share knowledge and learn new technologies
Proficiently execute difficult conversations on development and performance
Craft and deliver strategic and well-structured persuasive arguments to drive projects that drive process improvement, enhance cost leadership, and/or customer experience
Manage up to leadership as well as give feedback when appropriate
Administer coaching plan(s) and Performance Improvement Plan(s)
Craft fully compliant quality documentation
Compliant negotiation and execution of warning administration and/or involuntary termination
Develop the team budget and be accountable for reporting on results achieved at regular intervals
Significantly contribute to the team planning process to include surfacing associate level proposals
Qualification
Required
Fluency and specialization with Java, GraphQL and SQL
Experience with AI and ML technologies including MLflow, VectorDBs, Scikit-learn and Langchain
Experience building products of micro-services-oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs and GraphQL
Experience building the architecture and design of new and current systems (architecture, design patterns, reliability, security, and scaling)
Fluency in DevOps Concepts, Cloud Architecture and Azure DevOps Operational Framework
Experience with application monitoring tools and performance assessments
In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms
Experience with solving analytical problems with quantitative approaches
Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment
Exemplary ability to design, perform experiments, and influence engineering direction and product roadmap
Experience partnering with engineering teams and transferring research to production
10+ years of engineering experience
3+ years of hands-on people leadership experience
5+ years of experience building large-scale, mission-critical applications
2+ years of experience building products with AI and ML
Benefits
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.
Company
GEICO
GEICO, Government Employees Insurance Company, has been providing affordable auto insurance since 1936. It is a sub-organization of Berkshire Hathaway.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown1996-01-01Acquired
Leadership Team
Todd Combs
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer
Clayton Johnson
Sr. Director of Product Management
Recent News
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