Senior Staff Engineer – Java

Senior Staff Engineer at GEICO

The Senior Staff Engineer works with Staff and Senior Engineers to innovate and build new systems, improve and enhance existing systems, and identify new opportunities to apply knowledge to solve critical problems. You will lead the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap that will increase the velocity of delivering products and unlock new engineering capabilities.

• Focus on multiple areas and provide technical and thought leadership to the enterprise.
• Collaborate with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve our toughest problems.
• Develop and execute technical software development strategy for a variety of domains.
• Be accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions.
• Utilize programming languages like Java or other object-oriented languages, SQL, No
  
  SQL databases, container orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Azure tools and 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.
• Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams.
• Analyze cost and forecast, incorporating them into business plans.
• Determine and support resource requirements, evaluate operational processes, measure outcomes to ensure desired results, and demonstrate adaptability while sponsoring continuous learning.

• Exemplary ability to design, perform experiments, and influence engineering direction and product roadmap.
• Experience partnering with engineering teams and transferring research to production.
• Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code.
• In‑depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms.
• Experience solving analytical problems with quantitative approaches.
• Ability to excel in a fast‑paced, startup‑like environment.
• Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, operations, real‑time communication).
• Fluency and specialization with at least two modern languages such as Java, Python, including object‑oriented design.
• Experience with 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.
• Fluency in Dev Ops concepts, cloud architecture, and Azure Dev Ops operational framework.
• Experience in existing operational portals such as Azure Portal.
• Experience with application monitoring tools and performance assessments.
• In‑depth knowledge of datacenter structure, capabilities, and offerings, including the Azure platform and its native services.
• Experience with Postgre
  
  SQL and Cassandra (preferred).
• Track‑record of publications history in credible conferences and journals (preferred).
• Experience in leveraging Power Shell scripting (preferred).
• Experience in security protocols and products: understanding of Active Directory, Windows authentication, SAML, OAuth (preferred).
• Experience in Azure network (subscription, security zoning, etc.) (preferred).
• 10+ years of professional software development experience within a Java framework (J2EE, web containers, Java and Spring Boot).
• 8+ years of experience with architecture and design.
• 6+ years of experience in open‑source frameworks.
• 4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience.

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 candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location, as well as market and business considerations.

GEICO will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.