GEICO’s Enterprise Engineering team is seeking an experienced Staff Software Engineer- QA Automation to join our new Legal Technology organization. You will build and maintain enterprise legal solutions that operate in a highly performant, efficient, and complaint way. You will play a pivotal role in design and development of legal solutions, shape architecture, and drive innovation to meet the evolving business needs within the Legal Department. Timely delivery of impactful projects that enhance GEICO’s legal service delivery will be a focus. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in software development, been a key contributor within an engineering team, and have legal or similar domain exposure with the skills to collaborate with engineering peers and wide variety of legal stakeholders.
Position Summary
GEICO is seeking an experienced Staff Software Engineer with a passion for the building of high performance, low-latency Automated Quality Assurance (QA) platforms, frameworks, and tools. You will help drive our insurance business transformation as we redefine experiences for our customers.
Position Description
Our Staff Software Engineer-QA Automation is a key member of the engineering staff working across the organization to provide a friction-less experience to our customers and maintain the highest standards of protection and availability. Our team thrives and succeeds in delivering high quality automated QA solutions in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift quickly. The ideal candidate has broad and deep technical knowledge, typically ranging from front-end UIs/APIs through back-end systems and all interfacing systems in between. The candidate for this position has proven work experience and proficiency in building efficient and innovative automated open-source QA solutions.
Position Responsibilities
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will:
- Scope, design, build and support an efficient and innovative automated open-source QA solutions that are scalable and resilient
- Work closely with key stakeholders to understand the business and IT needs
- Engage in cross-functional collaboration throughout the automated QA solutions design and implementation phases
- Lead in design sessions and code reviews with other engineers to elevate the quality of automated QA solutions across the organization
- Define, create, and support reusable QA components from a business and technology perspective
- Utilize programming languages like Python, Java, C# or other object-oriented languages, SQL, and NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Azure tools and services
- Mentor other engineers
- Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams
- Triage issues and resolve in a timely manner to ensure quality and on-time delivery of QA support
Qualifications
- Advanced programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, Python or C#, including object-oriented design
- Proven understanding of microservices oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs
- Experience architecting and designing new and current systems
- Advanced understanding of DevOps concepts including Azure DevOps framework and tools
- Advanced PowerShell scripting skills
- Advanced understanding of monitoring concepts and tooling
- Advanced understanding of security protocols and products
- Experience with continuous delivery and continuous integration/testing
- Strong problem-solving ability
- Ability to excel in a fast-paced environment
- Architecture assessment and proposals
- Hands-on technical expertise in automated QA solutions and support related open-source tools
- Experience with automated QA of large-scale distributed systems
Experience
- 6+ years of professional software development experience with creating, maintaining, and supporting automated QA solutions
- 4+ years of experience with architecture and design
- 4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service
- 2+ years of experience in open-source QA solutions (Model Based Testing preferred) and tools
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience
Annual Salary
$115,000.00 - $230,000.00The 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: At GEICO, we help our customers through life’s twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and we’re constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs.
We’re an iconic brand that thrives on innovation, exceeding our customers’ expectations and enabling our collective success. From day one, you’ll take on exciting challenges that help you grow and collaborate with dynamic teams who want to make a positive impact on people’s lives.
Great Careers: We offer a career where you can learn, grow, and thrive through personalized development programs, created with your career – and your potential – in mind. You’ll have access to industry leading training, certification assistance, career mentorship and coaching with supportive leaders at all levels.
Great Culture: We foster an inclusive culture of shared success, rooted in integrity, a bias for action and a winning mindset. Grounded by our core values, we have an an established culture of caring, inclusion, and belonging, that values different perspectives. Our teams are led by dynamic, multi-faceted teams led by supportive leaders, driven by performance excellence and unified under a shared purpose.
As part of our culture, we also offer employee engagement and recognition programs that reward the positive impact our work makes on the lives of our customers.
Great Rewards: We offer compensation and benefits built to enhance your physical well-being, mental and emotional health and financial future.
- 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.
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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