Distinguished Engineer API​/Software Development​/Microservices

Distinguished Engineer - (API/Software Development/Microservices)

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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.

That’s why we offer The GEICO Pledge:
Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers.

• Provide technical leadership to multiple areas and provide technical and thought leadership to the enterprise
• Collaborate with team members and across the tech organization to solve our toughest problems
• Deliver high-quality services and software for a variety of domains
• Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions
• Utilize your expertise in designing and developing APIs and microservices using Graph
  
  QL, gRPC, Java, Python, Kafka, with a deep understanding of API first design
• Utilize programming languages like Java, C#, or other object‑oriented languages, SQL, and No
  
  SQL databases
• Deploy applications in a hybrid cloud environment utilizing Kubernetes, various data stores, and a variety of cloud native tools and services
• Work on end-to-end solutions that may span front-end through API tiers and back‑end domain services
• 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

• Exemplary ability to design, perform experiments, and influence engineering direction and product roadmap
• Experience partnering with engineering teams and transferring research to production
• Proven expertise in API first engineering approaches, service orchestration, event driven architecture and real‑time APIs including federated Graph
  
  QL and gRPC implementations
• Ability to manage schema evolution, versioning and high‑performance API‑driven systems
• Proven experience designing and delivering highly resilient event‑driven and messaging based solutions at scale with minimal latency
• Deep hands‑on experience in building complex SaaS systems in large scale business focused systems, with great knowledge on Docker and Kubernetes
• Fluency and specialization with Java and at least one other modern language such as C#, C++, or Python including object‑oriented design
• Extensive experience in leading and building full‑stack application and service development
• Great understanding of open‑source databases like MySQL, Postgre
  
  SQL, etc. and strong foundation with No‑SQL databases like Cosmos, Cassandra, Apache Trino, etc.
• Ability to excel in a fast‑paced, startup‑like environment
• Experience building the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems
• Experience in implementing security protocols across services and products: understanding of Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, OAuth

• 15+ years of experience in full‑stack web development (C#/Java/Python/GO), with expertise in client‑side and server‑side frameworks
• 8+ years of experience working with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and private cloud technologies (Open Stack)
• 6+ years of experience in open‑source frameworks

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience

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…