Engineering Director

Job Overview

Engineering Director for GEICO Enterprise Platform. Lead strategy and delivery of an AI-first, agentic-first platform that improves associate experience while meeting enterprise standards for availability, reliability, performance, and compliance.

Preference is for candidates based in Seattle or Dallas.

Head of Enterprise Experience Engineering Technology

• Deliver measurable business impact by shipping prioritized enterprise experience capabilities on schedule, with clear adoption and outcome metrics.
• Provide a scalable, performant platform (services + onboarding) that enables teams to integrate quickly, with standardized patterns and reusable components.
• Validate AI/agentic solutions through rapid POCs and production pilots, documenting learnings, risks, and recommended standards for enterprise reuse.
• Modernize and migrate targeted platform components to the public cloud to improve elasticity, cost efficiency, and time‑to‑scale.
• Define and socialize reference architectures, best practices, and implementation playbooks that raise consistency and delivery velocity across partner teams.
• Improve operational health by increasing automation for common failure modes and reducing repeat incidents through durable engineering fixes.
• Execute predictable delivery via agile planning and transparent reporting of scope, risks, dependencies, and platform scale/performance requirements.
• Raise engineering quality by enforcing code standards, reviews, and performance best practices across the platform.
• Deliver end-to-end observability by instrumenting telemetry, dashboards, and alerting from day one for all critical services.
• Use telemetry and customer‑of‑IT (associate) signals to make data‑driven design tradeoffs and demonstrate improvements over time.

• 3+ years leading and developing high‑performing engineering teams, with evidence of delivery and measurable outcomes.
• 7+ years building enterprise software in one or more languages (e.g., Java, C#, C/C++), with strong object‑oriented design fundamentals.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent experience).
• Proven ability to design globally distributed systems (queuing/workflows, load balancing, caching, storage, and service‑to‑service communication) with reliability and scale in mind.
• Working proficiency in data/query and automation tooling (e.g., T‑SQL, JavaScript/Type Script, Power Shell) to enable self‑service, operational excellence, and repeatable delivery.

$ – $ (annual salary range). The final offer will consider a variety of factors including scope, responsibilities, experience, education, location, and market conditions.

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

The equal employment opportunity policy of GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.

GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity unless undue hardship applies. GEICO provides an environment in which each associate can be productive and work to the best of their ability. Harassment, intimidation, or discrimination is not tolerated. Cooperation is required to maintain an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment, promoting mutual respect among all associates and applicants.