Solutions Engineer II

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Solutions Engineer II – GEICO

$80,000.00/yr - $/yr

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.

Our Engineer II in Solutions Engineering will engineer solutions and empower the developer community with experiences, tools, and automated processes that reduce friction and improve developer satisfaction, flow, and cycle‑times. This role will be heavily centered around engineering solutions with the goal to improve developer flow, reduce cycle times, and provide fast feedback loops. An important outcome of developer productivity engineering is to give developers hours back in the week in the developer experience so they can focus on accelerating solution delivery.

• Scope, design, and build scalable, resilient distributed systems
• Engage in cross‑functional collaboration throughout the entire software lifecycle
• Build product definition and leverage your technical skills to drive towards the right solution
• Participate in design sessions and code reviews to elevate the quality of engineering across the organization
• Utilize programming languages like GO, Java, Typescript, React, HTML, Python, C#, or other object‑oriented languages, SQL, and No
  
  SQL databases, container orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Azure tools and services
• Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams

• Programming experience with at least one modern language such as GO, Java, C++, Python or C# including object‑oriented design
• Understanding of micro‑services‑oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs
• Understanding of micro frontends
• Experience contributing to the architecture and design of new and current systems (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling)
• Experience writing highly complex YAML pipeline/workflow code in Git Hub
• Experience writing highly complex docker files or other containerization technologies such as Podman, Kaniko, containerd, etc.
• Experience writing highly complex YAML code for containers orchestration on different compute platforms
• Understanding of Dev Ops concepts, cloud architecture and Azure Dev Ops operational framework
• Intermediate Power Shell scripting skills
• Experience in datacenter structure, capabilities, and offerings, including the Azure platform and its native services
• Understanding of security protocols and products:
  Azure Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, OAuth
• In‑depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms
• Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, operations, real‑time communication)
• Strong problem‑solving ability
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Analysis and estimation skills
• Ability to excel in a fast‑paced, startup‑like environment

• 2+ years of professional platform development or general 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

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience

• 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 401(k) 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…