Senior Staff Engineer

Job title: Senior Staff Engineer in Chevy Chase, MD at GEICO

Company: GEICO

Job description: GEICO is seeking an experienced Senior Staff Engineer with a passion for building high-performance, low maintenance, zero-downtime platforms, and applications. You will help drive our insurance business transformation as we transition from a traditional IT model to a tech organization with engineering excellence as its mission, while co-creating the culture of psychological safety and continuous improvement.Position Description

Our Senior Staff Engineer works with our Distinguished Engineer and Staff Engineers to innovate and build new systems, improve, and enhance existing systems and identify new opportunities to apply your knowledge to solve critical problems. You will lead Strategy and Execution of a technical roadmap that will increase the velocity of delivering products and unlock new engineering capabilities. The ideal candidate has deep technical expertise in the Open-Source Database platform domain.Position Responsibilities

As a Senior Staff Engineer, you will:

• Focus on multiple areas and provide technical and thought leadership to the enterprise


• Collaborate with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve our toughest problems


• Develop and execute technical software development strategy for the Platform Engineering domain


• Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions


• Be a role model and mentor, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community. Influence and educate executives


• 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


• Willing to take on-call and operation support

QualificationsProficiency in Go programming language with advance knowledge of at least one other OOP languages such as Python, Java, C#, etcDeep hands-on experience in complex system design and data pipeline and architectures, scale and performance, tuning, with good knowledge on Docker and KubernetesAdvance knowledge of web technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript is preferredGood knowledge of one of the following languages: VB, PHP, Perl, Ruby, SQL, etc.Understand open-source databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc., familiar with No-SQL databases like ONgDB, Cassandra, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, etc.Experience in architecting, designing, building automation, workflows, custom objects/apps, declarative functionality, triggers, migration tools in BMC Helix platform and transition such platform to Open Source is a big plus.Experience building and configuring flows, and process buildersStrong understanding of web service integration (REST/SOAP) and enterprise middleware integration tiersAbility to articulate channel dataflow and process flow including email, messaging, chat, mobile Push and SDK'sExcellent communication skills – needs to be able to lead projects from the front and interact with clients and sponsors on a regular basisExperience partnering with engineering teams and transferring research to productionExperience with continuous delivery (CI/CD) and Infrastructure as CodeIn-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithmsExperience solving analytical problems with quantitative approachesExperience with Windows Server Administration and Windows Event LogAbility to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environmentWilling to work on both fast development and operation environmentKnowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, test automation and related tools, operations, real-time communication)Knowledge in big data and streaming data pipeline architecture (Lambda/Kappa) and K8 clusterExperience in open-source tools like GIT/Jenkin/CircleCI, and knowledge in Terraform/Ansible is a plusExperience solving analytical problems with quantitative approachesKnowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, test automation and related tools, operations, real-time communication)Knowledge in ML and AI technologiesKnowledge on Open-source monitoring software like Grafana and PrometheusExperience8+ years of professional experience in software development, platform architecture, administration, governance, infrastructure management, installation, and maintenance of the hardware, software, and network systems5+ years of experience in open-source frameworks6+ years of experience with architecture and design4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or hybrid data centerEducationBachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experienceAnnual Salary $130,000.00 - $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.At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.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.


• In office and remote opportunities, as well as our signature GEICO Flex program, offering the ability to work remotely 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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Location: Chevy Chase, MD

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