Software Engineer II (FullstackJavaReactMicroservices) HYBRID

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. Thats why we offer the GEICO Pledge: Great Company Great Culture Great Rewards and Great Careers.

Position Summary

GEICO is seeking an experienced Software Engineer with a passion for building high-performance 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.

Position Description

Our Engineer II is a key member of the engineering staff working across the organization to provide a delightful experience to our customers and maintain the highest standards of observability and availability. The ideal candidate has deep technical knowledge of front-end UIs with React through middleware and into back-end systems and databases. Must be able to show proficiencies React-based front-end engineering concepts Java Linux Microservices Containers (Kubernetes) database modeling performance tuning query optimization data sharding partitioning building configuring and maintaining PostgreSQL.

Position Responsibilities

As a Software Engineer II you will:

Scope design and build scalable resilient distributed systems

Engage in cross-functional collaboration throughout the entire software lifecycle

Participate in design sessions and code reviews with peers to elevate the quality of engineering across the organization

Utilize programming languages like TypeScript Java C# Python and Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes and a variety of Azure tools and services across the software development life cycle (task management source code building deployment operations real-time communication) to perform advanced-level Java application design and PostgreSQL database design implementation and maintenance

Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams

Build product definition and leverage your technical skills to drive towards the right solution

Qualifications

2 years programming experience with modern frontend frameworks such as React Svelte

2 years programming experience with at least one backend language such as Java C or C#

Experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and current systems

In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms

Understanding of existing Operational Portals such as Azure Devops

Understanding of HTML-5 JavaScript/TypeScript XML and JSON

Understanding of micro-services oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs

Understanding of monitoring tools

Intermediate PowerShell scripting skills

Intermediate level understanding of networking concepts such as load balancers reverse proxies firewalls DNS and the networking concepts inside Kubernetes.

Understanding of PaaS and IaaS services

Understanding of security protocols and products such as: Active Directory Windows Authentication SAML OAuth

Experience in Datacenter structure capabilities and offerings including the Azure platform and its native services

Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management source code building deployment operations real-time communication)

Understanding of DevOps Concepts Cloud Architecture and Azure DevOps Operational Framework

Analysis and estimation skills

Strong problem-solving ability

Strong oral and written communication skills

Ability to excel in a fast-paced startup-like environment

Experience

2 years of non-internship professional full-stack software development experience

2 years of experience with architecture and design

2 years of experience with AWS GCP Azure or another cloud service

2 years of experience in open-source frameworks

Education

Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems or equivalent education or work experience

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Annual Salary

The 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:Protecting customers through lifes 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.