Staff Engineer (.Net/Java)

We are seeking an exceptional Staff Engineer whose technical leadership will span all product lines and systems across GEICO’s Specialty Lines of Business (LOB)-including Boat, Umbrella, ATV, UTV, Snowmobile, Golf Cart, Motorcycle, and RV. This leader will shape the next-generation architecture for Specialty, guide engineering managers and development teams, and drive operational excellence to support GEICO’s long-term growth.

A key initial focus will be the new GEICO Boat product, a high-visibility initiative aimed at making GEICO a top boat insurer in the U.S. and delivering a best-in-class digital experience across quoting, billing, service, and claims.

This is a high-impact, cross-organizational role for a systems thinker who wants to influence the entire Specialty ecosystem.

What You’ll Do

Your leadership will reduce production issues, strengthen operational readiness, and elevate day-to-day engineering quality across all teams.

• Define and evolve the technical architecture for Specialty LOB systems, ensuring consistency, scalability, reliability, and long-term maintainability.

• Provide strong technical guidance across multiple engineering teams and engineering managers.

• Identify systemic gaps, propose modernization or simplification strategies, and drive code and architectural reuse across products.

• Establish engineering standards, patterns, documentation expectations, and best practices used LOB-wide.

• Set strategic direction for Operational Excellence, 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.

Do you have experience in Web services design?, Do you have a Bachelor’s degree?, * A Strategic Systems Architect - you are experienced in architecting distributed systems, service-oriented platforms, or large-scale insurance/financial systems.

• A Hands-On Technical Leader - you are able to dive deep into code, design reviews, and production issues while guiding long-term architectural vision. You are effective at influencing without authority and aligning diverse teams and stakeholders.

• A Multiplier Across Teams - you are a strong mentor for engineers and engineering managers. You are adept at identifying gaps, proposing solutions, and scaling best practices. You can communicate complex technical concepts with clarity and precision.

Qualifications

• Fluency and Specialization with at least two modern languages such as Java, C++, Python or C# including object-oriented design

• Experience in building products using 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

• Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code

• 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 CS data structures and algorithms

• Strong problem-solving ability

• Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment

Experience

• 6+ years of professional software development experience

• 4+ years of experience with architecture and design

• 3+ 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

3.13.1 out of 5 stars Palo Alto, CA 94301 $115,000 - $230,000 a year - Full-time, Pulled from the full job description

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

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.