GEICO · 2 weeks ago
Senior Manager, Staff Software Engineering
Chevy Chase, MD
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$130K/yr - $300K/yr
8+ years expGEICO is a leading insurance provider known for its innovation and customer service. They are seeking a Senior Manager to lead a team of engineers in building high-performance platforms and applications, driving the transformation of their insurance business and enhancing customer experiences.
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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
Foster a culture of growth mindset that acknowledges and expects individuals to grow and be accountable. Influence those you motivate and coach to be receptive to feedback
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
Collaborate with the product teams to understand their pain points around performance, resiliency and formulate strategies to address recurring issues in a sustainable way
Influence and build vision with product owners to ship quality products in a faster pace
Develop and motivate teams to solve complex problems and be a strong advocate for open-source technologies and solutions
Drive the team towards building solutions towards the long-term goals while ensuring that high priority tech debts are solved in an efficient way
Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams
Qualification
Required
Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and core computer science concepts
Basic UI/UX, API and prototype design knowledge and experience
Proven experience in digital experimentation to optimize the online customer experience
Knowledge of DTM tagging, including implementation solution design and processing rule set
Hands on experience with Metadata management tools (Microsoft Purview, Collibra, Alation, Informatica, etc.)
Knowledge of cloud computing technologies and concepts (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, etc)
Working knowledge of object-oriented development, Gang of Four (GOF) Design Patterns, Microservices, Dependency Injection with IOC containers, and both frontend and backend unit testing
Proven ability to concentrate and demonstrate a capacity for learning technical concepts and adapting to new technologies quickly
Strong Cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure etc.) platform knowledge
In-depth knowledge of MS Office tools such as PowerPoint, Outlook, Word, and WebEx for effective communication
Proficiency in Project Management and work item management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps and Portfolio
Proficiency in Program Management tools such as MS Project, Visio, and Excel
Experience in existing Operational Portals such as Azure Portal
Fluency with Java, Go, .NET, HTML-5, JavaScript/TypeScript, XML, JSON, and RESTful Web Services
Experience with application monitoring tools and performance assessments
Experience in PowerShell Scripting
Constructing, interpreting, and applying metrics to your work and decision making, able to use those metrics to identify correlation between drivers and results, and using that information to drive prioritization and action
Strong understanding of Site Reliability Engineering and DevOps principles
Strong technical acumen in Cloud Architecture, Performance Benchmarking, and Capacity planning
Expert in Container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes), container runtimes and optimization
Experience with driving cultural change in technical excellence, quality, and efficiency
Experience managing and growing technical leaders and teams
In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms
8+ years of experience in leadership position
6+ years coding experience
5+ years of development in a large-scale, mission-critical environment
5+ years of hands-on work experience supervising personnel in a technical environment
5+ years of experience with one of the public cloud - AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service
2+ years' experience with automated testing including Unit, Integration, and End-to-End functional testing
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related field, or equivalent 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
GEICO, Government Employees Insurance Company, has been providing affordable auto insurance since 1936. It is a sub-organization of Berkshire Hathaway.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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unknown1996-01-01Acquired
Leadership Team
Todd Combs
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer
Clayton Johnson
Sr. Director of Product Management
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