GEICO is seeking an experienced Senior 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 Engineer is a key member of the engineering staff working across the organization to provide a friction-less experience to our customers, maintain the highest standards of protection and availability. 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, typically ranging from front-end UIs through back-end systems and all points in between.
Position Responsibilities
- As a Senior Engineer, you will:
- Scope, design, and build scalable, resilient distributed systems
- Build product definition and leverage your technical skills to drive towards the right solution
- Lead in design sessions and code reviews with peers to elevate the quality of engineering across the organization
- Define, create, and support reusable application components/patterns from a business and technology perspective
- Utilize developer tooling 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, implementation, and maintenance activities under minimal direction
- Mentor other engineers
- Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams
- Build and release software baselines, code merge, branch, and label creation
- Work with development teams on CI/CD and feature-flag code management procedures
- Collaborate with automated testing teams, monitoring teams, and infrastructure teams to ensure reliable deployments
- Resolve dependencies and ensure that deadlines are met
- Support a continuous Integration model by streamlining the code changes, triggering an automated code build and test sequence
- Support a continuous delivery model by automating software build and package migration processes
- Create and manage automated YAML-based deployment processes for Java, .NET, or Python solutions
- Advanced programming experience with at least two modern languages such as Java, C++, Python or C# including object-oriented design
- Proven understanding of micro-services-oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs
- Experience building the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems
- Advanced understanding of DevOps Concepts and Cloud Architecture
- Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code
- Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, operations, real-time communication)
- Hands-on configuration skills with code management, work item, and continuous integration tools. Microsoft DevOps experience is preferred. Skills with similar tools (GIT, Jenkins) are acceptable
- Proven experience in supporting JAVA, .NET, or Python development lifecycle for enterprise level applications
- Demonstrated knowledge of Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) code deployment, branching, and merging strategies
- Knowledge of YAML scripting is a plus
- Ability to write and implement scripts in PowerShell, Ant, Maven, or similar build and deployment languages is a plus
- Experience with Microservices, API services deployment
- Proven ability to work collaboratively with development teams with solid verbal and written communication skills
- Strong problem-solving ability
- Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment
Experience
- 4+ years of developing and maintaining software deployment processes in a Java, .NET, or python environment
- 3+ years of experience building the architecture and design of new and current systems
- 3+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or hybrid data center
- 2+ years of experience in open-source frameworks, or one of the following: .NET Core, asp. Net, Angular, or Express
Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience
Annual Salary
At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
Benefits:
- to help secure your financial future and preserve your health and well-being, including:
- Premier Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with no waiting period**
- Paid Vacation, Sick and Parental Leave
- 401(k) Plan
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Paid Training and Licensures
- Benefits may be different by location. Benefit eligibility requirements vary and may include length of service.