GEICO · 3 weeks ago
Distinguished Engineer, Underwriting
GEICO is a leading insurance company that values innovation and aims to exceed customer expectations. The Distinguished Engineer will lead technical strategies and execution to enhance underwriting systems while collaborating with various teams to solve complex problems.
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Responsibilities
Focus on multiple areas in Underwriting and provide technical leadership to the org
Collaborate with product managers, business operations, and other engineering teams to solve complex problems
Develop and execute technical software development strategy for a variety of domains, evolve tech stack to utilize modern backend and frontend frameworks, storage, event and messaging solutions
Provide technical leadership in adopting AI in various Underwriting task handling, development and testing activities
Hands-on designing, developing, testing and launching major projects while leading other engineers to contribute
Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions
Mentor and help coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community
Influence and educate leadership at all levels
Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams
Analyze cost and forecast, incorporating them into business plans
Determine and support resource requirements, evaluate operational processes, measure outcomes to ensure desired results, demonstrate adaptability and sponsor continuous learning
Qualification
Required
Fluency and specialization with at least two modern languages such as Java, Kotlin, Golang or C# including object-oriented design
Experience designing new and improving existing systems with architecture excellence, design patterns, reliability, and scalability in mind
Experience building micro-services oriented architecture with gRPC interfaces, and event driven systems with Kafka
Proficient in programming languages like Java, C# or other object-oriented languages, SQL, and NoSQL databases, containers such as Kubernetes, and a variety of cloud tools and services
Experience with continuous building, delivery and infrastructure as code
Fluency in DevOps Concepts, Cloud Architecture, and operational portals on major cloud providers such as AWS, Azure and GCP
Experience in leveraging scripting languages for task automation
Experience with application monitoring tools and performance tuning
Experience in security protocols and products: understanding of directory service, SAML, OAuth
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
12+ years of professional software development experience within a Java framework (J2EE, web containers and Java), or similar modern languages such as Kotlin, Golang, or C#
10+ years of experience with architecture and design
6+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service
6+ years of experience in open-source frameworks
Experience with risk engineering, compliance, operations, or InsurTech is a plus
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience
Preferred
Experience in the Insurance or Underwriting domains
Proven ability to integrate AI/ML technologies into applications to enhance efficiency and scalability
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.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown1996-01-01Acquired
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