Software Engineer; C#​/Java​/AI - Underwriting Automation - Hybrid

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GEICO's Underwriting Automation team is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to help lead the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap modernizing our Service Engineering organization with API‑first design. You will work with engineers of all levels to innovate and build new systems, improve and enhance existing systems, and identify new opportunities to apply your knowledge to solve critical problems. The ideal candidate is a self‑starter with deep technical expertise in their domain.

• Provide technical leadership to multiple areas and provide technical and thought leadership to the enterprise.
• Collaborate across team members and across the tech organization to solve our toughest problems.
• Deliver high‑quality services and software for a variety of domains.
• Be accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions.
• Utilize your expertise in designing and developing APIs and microservices using GraphQL, gRPC, Java, Python, Kafka, with a deep understanding of API‑first design.
• Utilize programming languages like Java and/or C#, 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 GraphQL 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 .NET, Java and at least one other modern language such as C#, Java, 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, PostgreSQL, 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.
• 8+ years full‑stack development experience with expertise in client‑side and server‑side frameworks.
• 5+ years of experience with architecture and design.
• 5+ years of experience in open‑source frameworks.
• 4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service.

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