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Sr Staff Engineer - Java - REMOTE

Geico

Chevy Chase, MD
Full Time
Senior
110k-300k
12 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

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. GEICO is seeking an experienced Engineer with a passion for building high-performance, low maintenance, zero-downtime platforms, and applications. You will help drive our insurance business transformation as we transition from a traditional IT model to a tech organization with engineering excellence as its mission, while co-creating the culture of psychological safety and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

  • 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.
  • Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions.
  • Utilize programming languages like Java, Python, or other object-oriented languages, SQL, and NoSQL 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.
  • 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 and sponsoring continuous learning.

Requirements

  • Exemplary ability to design, perform experiments, and influence engineering direction and product roadmap.
  • Experience partnering with engineering teams and transferring research to production.
  • Track-record of publications in credible conferences and journals.
  • Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code.
  • In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms.
  • Experience solving analytical problems with quantitative approaches.
  • Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle.
  • Fluency and specialization with at least two modern languages such as Java, Python, or C# including object-oriented design.
  • Experience with Micro-services oriented architecture and extensible REST or GraphQL APIs.
  • Experience building the architecture and design of new and current systems.
  • Fluency in DevOps Concepts, Cloud Architecture, and Azure DevOps 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.
  • Experience in security protocols and products: Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, OAuth.
  • 10+ years of professional software development experience within a Java framework.
  • 8+ years of experience with architecture and design.
  • 6+ years of experience in open-source frameworks.
  • 4+ years of experience with Azure, AWS, or hybrid cloud strategies.
  • 3+ years of experience designing modern web applications (React, etc).
  • 3+ years of experience deploying AI/ML models (Tensor, PyTorch, etc).
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent work experience.

Nice to Have

  • Experience with AI/ML models deployment.
  • Experience with modern web application design (React, etc).

Qualifications

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

Benefits & Perks

  • Annual salary range of $110,000.00 - $300,000.00, with factors considered for final offer.
  • Comprehensive Total Rewards program including market-competitive compensation, 401K with 6% match, performance incentives, tuition assistance, mental healthcare, fertility and adoption assistance.
  • Workplace flexibility and GEICO Flex program allowing work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.

Working at Geico

We foster an inclusive culture of shared success, rooted in integrity, a bias for action and a winning mindset. Our culture emphasizes caring, inclusion, and belonging, valuing different perspectives. Our teams are led by dynamic, supportive leaders driven by performance excellence and a shared purpose. We also offer employee engagement and recognition programs that reward the positive impact our work makes on people's lives.

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Job Details

Posted AtJul 14, 2025
Salary110k-300k
Job TypeFull Time
Work ModeRemote
ExperienceSenior

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About Geico

Website

geico.com

Location

Chevy Chase, MD

Industry

Insurance Agencies and Brokerages

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