Staff Engineer, Software Engineering

GEICO
Bethesda, MD, United States
2 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
2 years minimum
Compensation
$100,000.0 - $230,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Active Directory Amazon Web Services Application Frameworks Automation of Tests Microsoft Azure C Sharp (Programming Language) C++ (Programming Language) Cloud Engineering Information Systems Continuous Delivery Data Centers
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Data Structures Software Design Patterns DevOps Programming Tools Integrated Windows Authentication HP Systems Insight Manager Python (Programming Language) NoSQL OAuth Object-Oriented Software Development Windows PowerShell Cloud Services Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) Software Engineering SQL Databases WebRTC Google Cloud Kubernetes Information Technology Restful APIs Docker Golang Programming Languages Microservices

Job description

Our Staff Engineer works with Junior and Sr. Engineers to innovate and build new systems, improve and enhance existing systems, and identify new opportunities to apply your 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. The ideal candidate has deep technical expertise in their domain., As a Staff Engineer, you will:

  • 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 Python, C# 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
  • 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 and sponsoring continuous learning, 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

Do you have experience in Software engineering?, Do you have a Bachelor’s degree?, * 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 history 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
  • 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 Go, Java, C++, Python or C# including object-oriented design
  • Experience with Microservices 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 DevOps Concepts, Cloud Architecture, and Azure DevOps Operational Framework
  • Experience in leveraging PowerShell scripting
  • 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 including the Azure platform and its native services
  • Experience in security protocols and products: Understanding of Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, OAuth
  • Experience in Azure Network (Subscription, Security zoning, etc.)
  • Able to design and develop ALM features
  • Experience with development and management of EAP, * 10+ years of professional software development experience (focus on SRE and Incident/Change Management)
  • 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
  • 5+ years of development in a large-scale, mission-critical environment preferred
  • 2+ years’ experience with automated testing including Unit, Integration, and End-to-End functional testing preferred, * Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience

Benefits & conditions

3.13.1 out of 5 stars Bethesda, MD 20814 $100,000 - $230,000 a year - Full-time, Pulled from the full job description

  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Health insurance
  • Adoption assistance
  • 401(k) 6% Match

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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