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GEICO · 2 days ago

Distinguished Engineer, Underwriting

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff

$150K/yr - $300K/yr

12+ years exp

GEICO is a leading insurance company that focuses on providing quality coverage to millions of customers. The Distinguished Engineer will drive the company's insurance business transformation by building high-performance platforms and providing technical leadership across various engineering teams.

Auto InsuranceFinancial ServicesGovernmentInsuranceInternetMobile

No H1B

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

JavaKotlinGolangC#Microservices architectureGRPCKafkaSQLNoSQL databasesKubernetesCloud toolsDevOps ConceptsAWSAzureGCPScripting languagesApplication monitoringSecurity protocolsData structuresAnalytical problem solvingAI/ML integrationInsurance domain experienceContinuous improvementMentoringCollaborationAdaptability

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

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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