Why Join GEICO?
At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities.
Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive on relentless innovation to exceed our customers' expectations while making a real impact on local communities nationwide.
Founded in 1936, GEICO is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and one of the largest auto insurers in the United States. When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported, and proud to work here. That's why we offer the GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards, and Great Careers.
Position Summary
GEICO is seeking an experienced Engineer with a passion for building high-performance, low maintenance, zero-downtime platforms, and applications. In this role you will help us create the elevated and superior version of www.geico.com working specifically to modernize the frameworks and technologies. In this role you will be a part of a technical transformation where engineering excellence, continuous improvement, AI automation, and a culture of psychological safety are paramount.
Position Description
Our Staff Engineer is a key member of the engineering staff working across the organization to provide friction-less experiences to our customers and maintaining the highest standards of protection and availability. Key engineering responsibilities will focus on the development and continued maintenance of several web applications and their supporting architecture, including both customer-facing experiences as well as internally developed web tools to facilitate content management.
Our team thrives and succeeds in delivering high quality technology products and services in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift quickly. The ideal candidate has broad and deep technical knowledge bringing forward a full stack mindset, work duties can range from front-end UIs through back-end systems and all points in between.
Position Responsibilities
As a Staff Engineer, you will:
Evolve Geico.com and its supporting systems with a focus on speed to market, security, 24x7 availability, and user engagement.
Scope, design, and build scalable and resilient software solutions amongst diverse engineering groups
Utilize object-oriented languages, SQL based databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Cloud hosting tools and services
Perform engineering design evaluations and code reviews with peers to elevate the quality of engineering across the organization
Manage day-to-day activities of the engineering teams overseeing execution of software development projects against delivery commitments
Seek ways to simplify and standardize designs, operations, and deployment plans, focusing on reducing complexity and providing performance, agility, and scalability
Responsible for production operations support and ensuring availability, stability, and performance of production applications
Collaborate with cross-functional organizations throughout the entire software lifecycle to ensure technology and roadmap alignment
Manage projects and processes to keep the team organized, efficient, and optimally running
Set, manage, and report KPIs to measure progress and facilitate data-driven decision making
Responsible for evaluating and driving new technology and Open-Source software considerations
Research and guide architectural level changes that support and enhance application performance, security, and our drive to innovate
Mentor and manage engineering peers to help share the necessary skills to perform their jobs and develop their professional careers
Qualifications
Strong understanding of customer facing web applications with experience in Next.JS/React, JavaScript, Python/Django, NGINX, or PostgreSQL.
Ability to break down analytic data to drive decisions and results that will provide business value to the organization and help our customers
Strong background in delivering digital - web products at scale
Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure concepts, platforms, and technologies
Advanced understanding of application and infrastructure monitoring and tooling
Strong understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
Experience designing flexible, scalable, high-availability Cloud native applications
Experience architecting and designing new and current systems
Strong understanding of CI/CD, Release Management, and Configuration Management processes tooling
Strong critical thinking, decision making, and problem-solving skills
Excellent verbal/written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate to both senior leadership and highly technical personnel
Ability to excel in a fast-paced environment
Experience delivering within a customer facing application backed by a Content Management system is desired
Understanding of data modeling and AI concepts is desired
Annual Salary
$100,000.00 - $260,000.00The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.
The GEICO Pledge:
Great Company: Protecting customers through life’s twists and turns with innovation and integrity.
Great Careers: Personalized development programs, mentorship, and certification assistance.
Great Culture: Inclusive and collaborative culture rooted in shared success.
Great Rewards: Competitive pay, benefits, and flexibility to support your well-being and future.
The equal employment opportunity policy of the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.
GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and associates. GEICO also provides a work environment in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the best of their ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for all associates and applicants.
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