Senior Engineer - Full-Stack (API/Software Development/Microservices)

GEICO
Palo Alto, CA, United States
3 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
2 years minimum
Compensation
$100,000.0 - $215,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Flutter ASP.NET Java (Programming Language) JavaScript (Programming Language) .NET Framework Adobe InDesign Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Amazon Web Services Component-Based Software Engineering Application Frameworks HTML5 Microsoft Azure
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C Sharp (Programming Language) Information Systems Continuous Delivery Distributed Systems JSON Python (Programming Language) Microsoft SQL Server Model View Controller (MVC) NoSQL Object-Oriented Software Development Cloud Services Software Engineering SQL Databases TypeScript Extensible Markup Language (XML) Google Cloud ReactJS Backend AngularJS Kubernetes Information Technology Free and Open-Source Software Restful APIs Docker Web Api Programming Languages Microservices

Job description

Our Senior Engineer is a key member of the engineering staff working across the organization to provide a friction-less experience to our customers and maintain the highest standards of protection and availability. Our team thrives and succeeds in delivering high quality services in a growth environment where priorities shift quickly. The ideal candidate has broad and deep technical knowledge, typically ranging from front-end UIs through back-end systems and all points in between., As a Senior Engineer, you will:

  • Scope, design, and build scalable, resilient distributed systems including front-end and back-end development

  • Engage in cross-functional collaboration throughout the entire software lifecycle

  • Lead in design sessions and code reviews with peers to elevate the quality of engineering across the organization

  • Define, create, and support reusable application components/patterns from a business and technology perspective

  • Utilize programming languages like Java, C#, 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

  • Mentor other engineers

  • Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams, Great Rewards: We offer compensation and benefits built to enhance your physical well-being, mental and emotional health and financial future.
  • 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 401K 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 provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.

Requirements

  • Advanced experience with Java, C#/.NET, HTML-5, JavaScript/TypeScript, Angular/react, XML, JSON, RESTful Web Services and/or Flutter (a plus)

  • Experience with one additional modern language such as Java, C# or Python and with open-source software is a plus

  • Advanced experience within the .NET framework, Including SQL Server, ASP.NET, MVC, Web API, and REST

  • Proven full-stakc development experience understanding of microservices oriented architecture and API first design (REST, graphQL)

  • Experience architecting and designing new and current systems

  • Advanced understanding of monitoring concepts and tooling

  • Advanced understanding of security protocols and products

  • Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code

  • Ability to excel in a fast-paced environment

  • Architecture assessment and proposals

Experience

  • 5+ years of professional software development experience within .NET framework (C# including object-oriented design) or Java

  • 4+ years of experience with architecture and design

  • 4+ 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

About the company

Great Company: At GEICO, we help our customers through life’s twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and we’re constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs.

We’re an iconic brand that thrives on innovation, exceeding our customers’ expectations and enabling our collective success. From day one, you’ll take on exciting challenges that help you grow and collaborate with dynamic teams who want to make a positive impact on people’s lives.

Great Careers: We offer a career where you can learn, grow, and thrive through personalized development programs, created with your career - and your potential - in mind. You’ll have access to industry leading training, certification assistance, career mentorship and coaching with supportive leaders at all levels.

Great Culture: We foster an inclusive culture of shared success, rooted in integrity, a bias for action and a winning mindset. Grounded by our core values, we have an an established culture of caring, inclusion, and belonging, that values different perspectives. Our teams are led by dynamic, multi-faceted teams led by supportive leaders, driven by performance excellence and unified under a shared purpose.

As part of our culture, we also offer employee engagement and recognition programs that reward the positive impact our work makes on the lives of our customers.

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