GEICO

Insurance

SrStaffSoftwareEngineer-(PlatformEngineering/Java/Temporal/SRE/OpenSource)

$115–260k Renton, Washington, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Sr Staff Software Engineer - (Platform Engineering/Java/Temporal/SRE/Open Source) at GEICO. Skills: Platform Engineering, Java, Temporal, SRE, Open Source, DevOps, Cloud Architecture. Develop and drive technical roadmap. Align roadmap with business goals”

What You'll Achieve.

Increase velocity of delivering products; Unlock new engineering capabilities; Minimize business disruption; Balance modernization of legacy platform components; Ensure desired results

Industry & Context.

Insurance
Problems you'll solve

Solve critical problems; Problem-solving abilities; Analytical abilities

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Proven track record of designing, implementing, and maintaining highly scalable, available and reliable system in production, Understanding of security best practices and data encryption technology, Understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases, including stateful services management and storage, Understanding of networking, caches, key/value stores, load balancing, global load balancing, queues, DNS and CDN, Deep knowledge of DevOps practices, methodologies, and principles, Solid understanding of on prem and public cloud-based network, compute, and storage technologies, In-depth knowledge of hybrid cloud architecture, IaaS and PaaS technologies, container orchestration platforms, Knowledge of cloud efficiency and observability, Background in incident management, Ability to create incident response playbooks, runbooks, incident triaging strategies, and post-incident analysis, Experience with open-source management and monitoring tools, Experience with infrastructure automation, tooling, and configuration management frameworks, Hands on experience with Kubernetes container management system, Excellent leadership skills, Problem-solving and analytical abilities, Visionary thinker

Nice to Have

Go fluency preferred, Java is a plus, Kubernetes experience a plus, Familiarity with cloud security best practices and compliance standards

What You'll Do.

Develop and drive technical roadmap

Align roadmap with business goals

Build optimal strategy for platform services

Influence partners and leadership

Provide thought leadership

Create effective strategy

Lead design and architecture of resilient and scalable

Champion software development best practices

Champion safe deployment processes

Contribute to engineering activities

Lead by example in engineering activities

Write automated tests

Develop CI/CD pipelines

Manage CI/CD pipelines

Develop incident response plans

Address disaster scenarios

Spearhead collaboration with stakeholders

Conduct production readiness assessment

Drive operational excellence

Hands-on software engineering

Evaluate modern technologies

Select modern technologies

Implement modern technologies

Enhance partner integration

Stay current with industry best practices

Improve platform capabilities

Act as trusted advisor

Mentor engineering community

Coach engineering community

Strengthen technical expertise

Strengthen technical know-how

Incorporate costs into business plans

Determine resource requirements

Support resource requirements

Evaluate operational processes

Ensure desired results

Demonstrate adaptability

Sponsor continuous learning

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work with executive leadership; Work with tech teams; Work with cross-discipline stakeholders; Collaboration with various stakeholders

Communication Scope

Thought leadership

Process & Methodology

Roadmap planning

Full Job Description

**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.** Position Summary GEICO is seeking an experienced software engineer with a passion for building high-performance, low maintenance, zero-downtime platforms, and applications. You will help drive our insurance business transformation and platform engineering domain modernization as we redefine experience for our customers. **Position Description** Our Sr Staff Software Engineer works with our Manager, Distinguished 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 a deep understanding of technology, risk management, engineering best practices and strategic planning to design and implement highly scalable, available, and reliable systems with effective observability. **Position Responsibilities** As a Sr Staff Software Engineer, you will: * Develop and drive the overall technical roadmap for the Digital Personal Auto Sales, aligning it with the organization's business goals and objectives. * Work closely with executive leadership, tech teams, and other cross-discipline stakeholders to build optimal strategy for delivering platform services. * Leverage technical and domain expertise to influence partners

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