Staff Software Engineer
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$ 115000 - 230000
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Job Description
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 through relentless innovation to exceed our customers expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose.
When you join our company we want you to feel valued supported and proud to work here. Thats why we offer The GEICO Pledge: Great Company Great Culture Great Rewards and Great Careers.
Staff Software Engineer
Position Summary GEICO is seeking an experienced software 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 Staff Software Engineer works with the team and the broader org 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 and own the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap that will increase the velocity of delivering products and unlock new engineering capabilities. The ideal candidate has a deep understanding of technology risk management site reliability engineering principles and strategic planning to design and implement resilient systems that safeguard our business from potential threats.
Position Responsibilities
As a Staff Software Engineer you will:
Develop and drive the overall strategy for the Data Safeguard organization aligning it with the organizations business goals and objectives.
Provide thought leadership in Data Safeguard staying ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies to enhance our backup/restore posture.
Conduct comprehensive risk assessments to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities
Design and implement robust strategies to ensure data safety integrity and correctness
Lead the design and architecture of resilient and scalable systems considering both on-premises and cloud-based solutions.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate data safeguard best practices into the development and deployment processes.
Develop and maintain comprehensive incident response plans to address various disaster scenarios on our backup/restore systems.
Conduct regular simulations and drills to ensure the readiness of the organization in the event
of a disaster.
Hands-on software engineering and SDLC best practices (Technical Review Documents Architecture Software Development Software Reviews Testing Production Readiness Reviews among others)
Evaluate select and implement cutting-edge technologies and tools to enhance our data safeguard capabilities including but not limited to processes compliance and visibility.
Stay current with industry best practices and emerging technologies to continuously improve our data safeguard capabilities.
Work closely with executive leadership tech teams and other stakeholders to communicate the importance of data safeguarding and foster a culture of resilience.
Act as a trusted advisor providing guidance on backups/restores and security of data matters to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
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
Analyze cost and forecast incorporating them into business plans
Determine and support resource requirements evaluate operational processes measure outcomes to ensure desired results and demonstrate adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning
Qualifications
Fluency in at least one modern language (Go/Python preferred)
Understanding compression algorithms deduplication encryption and error correction.
Understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases including stateful services management and storage
Understanding of networking caches key/value stores load balancing global load balancing queues DNS and CDN
Deep knowledge of SRE practices methodologies and principles along with a solid understanding of on prem and public cloud-based network compute and storage technologies
In-depth knowledge of hybrid cloud architecture IaaS and PaaS technologies container orchestration platforms (e.g. Kubernetes) cloud efficiency and observability etc.
Strong background in incident management
Ability to create incident response playbooks runbooks incident triaging strategies and post-incident analysis to drive continuous improvement in system reliability and availability
Experience with open-source management and monitoring tools
Experience with infrastructure automation tooling and configuration management frameworks (e.g. Puppet Chef Ansible Pulumi Terraform etc.)
Familiarity with cloud security best practices and compliance standards
Excellent leadership skills with a passion for mentoring and fostering professional growth
Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities with a keen eye for detail and a passion for driving operational excellence
Visionary thinker with the ability to anticipate future challenges and opportunities
Exceptional leadership and communication skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
Proven track record of successfully leading and building software in large and complex organizations
Experience
8 years of professional experience in software development
6 years of experience with architecture and design and working on open-source frameworks
4 years of experience with AWS GCP Azure or another cloud service
Education
Bachelors degree in computer science or related field or equivalent experience
Annual Salary
$115000.00 - $230000.00The 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 candidates 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 lifes twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and were constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs.
Were an iconic brand that thrives on innovation exceeding our customers expectations and enabling our collective success. From day one youll take on exciting challenges that help you grow and collaborate with dynamic teams who want to make a positive impact on peoples 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. Youll 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 familys 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.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
