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GEICO · 3 months ago

Staff Engineer - Java

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$110K/yr - $230K/yr

12+ years exp

GEICO is a leading insurance company that offers quality coverage to millions of customers. The Staff Engineer will provide technical leadership, own complete solutions, and mentor junior team members while driving digital transformation initiatives in a fast-paced environment.

Auto InsuranceFinancial ServicesGovernmentInsuranceInternetMobile

No H1B

Responsibilities

Provide influential technical leadership and guidance to engineering teams

Own complete solution across its entire life cycle

Proactively influence and collaboratively build vision with product managers, principal engineers, architects, team members, and customers to solve complex enterprise-class problems, demonstrating clear, concise communication and active listening

Be accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions

Lead impactful architectural design discussions and contribute to elevating the quality of engineering through active participation in peer review requests across the organization

Utilize programming languages like Java, and open-source frameworks (e.g., Spring Boot), Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, Kafka, and a variety of Azure tools and services including Azure Boards and Azure AppInsights, alongside cloud data platforms like Snowflake

Mentor more junior team members professionally to help them realize their full potential

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

Qualification

JavaMicroservices architectureCloud ArchitectureAzure DevOpsC++C#Spring BootAgile/ScrumDevOps ConceptsTechnical leadershipProblem-solvingMentoringCommunicationCollaboration

Required

Fluency and Specialization with Java and at least one other modern language (e.g., C++, C#) including object-oriented design

Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly, concisely, and directly, both verbally and in writing

Proven ability to provide independent technical leadership and mentor engineers with significant depth

Deep architectural maturity, capable of fostering and driving broader organizational influence through technical vision

Expertise in complex problem-solving autonomy, particularly in troubleshooting critical production issues and devising creative, scalable technical solutions

Experience in building products using microservices-oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs

Experience building the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems, with a proven ability to think strategically and take a holistic, cross-domain view on system design

Extensive experience collaborating with architects and other technical leaders to shape engineering strategy and solutions

Fluency in DevOps Concepts, Cloud Architecture, and Azure DevOps Operational Framework, including continuous delivery and infrastructure as code

Experience with various operational tools and platforms, including Azure Portal, Azure Boards, and SonarQube

Familiarity with and experience applying Agile/Scrum methodologies

Strong understanding and practical experience with application monitoring, performance assessments, and observability practices, leveraging tools such as Azure AppInsights, Datadog, New Relic, Dynatrace, or Splunk

In-depth understanding of cloud infrastructure concepts and offerings, particularly within the Azure platform and its native services

Experience in security protocols and products: Understanding of Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, and other secure authentication/authorization mechanisms

In-depth knowledge of computer science data structures and algorithms

Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment

Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, operations, real-time communication), including familiarity with tools like webhook, Kafka, API Curio, Snowflake, and IBM FileNet P8

Demonstrated experience driving digital transformation, including successfully migrating or modernizing complex legacy applications

12+ years of professional software development experience, with significant, demonstrable impact in a lead or principal engineering capacity, primarily within a Java (e.g., Spring Boot) framework

5+ 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

3+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service

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

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

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GEICO, Government Employees Insurance Company, has been providing affordable auto insurance since 1936. It is a sub-organization of Berkshire Hathaway.

Founded in 1936

Chase, Maryland, USA

10001+ employees