GEICO

StaffEngineer-Java,Microservices

$100–260k Seattle, Washington, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Staff candidates.

The Brief

“Staff Engineer - Java, Microservices at GEICO. Skills: Java, Microservices, API first design, GraphQL, gRPC, Kubernetes, Event driven architecture. Innovate and build new systems. Improve and enhance existing systems”

What You'll Achieve.

Deliver High-Quality services and software; Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions; Make a real impact for our company through our shared purpose

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Solve critical problems; Solve our toughest problems

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Deep technical expertise in their domain, Experience building the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems, Experience in implementing security protocols across services and products: Understanding of Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, OAuth

Nice to Have

Experience partnering with engineering teams and transferring research to production, Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment

What You'll Do.

Innovate and build new systems

Improve and enhance existing systems

Identify new opportunities to apply knowledge to solve critical problems

Lead the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap modernizing our servicing organization with API first design

Provide technical leadership to multiple areas

Provide technical and thought leadership to the enterprise

Deliver High-Quality services and software for a variety of domains

Accountable for the quality

and performance of the solutions

Deploy applications in a hybrid cloud environment

Work on End-to-End solutions

Coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community

Influence and educate executives

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate across team members and across the tech organization to solve our toughest problems; Experience partnering with engineering teams

Communication Scope

Influence and educate executives

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.** Our Staff Engineer works with our 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 modernizing our servicing organization with API first design. The ideal candidate is a self-starter that has deep technical expertise in their domain. **Position Responsibilities** As a Staff Engineer, you will: * Provide technical leadership to multiple areas and provide technical and thought leadership to the enterprise * Collaborate across team members and across the tech organization to solve our toughest problems * Deliver High-Quality services and software for a variety of domains * Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions * Utilize your expertise in designing and developing API’s and microservices using graphQL, gRPC, Java, Python, Kafka, with a deep understanding of API first design * Utilize programming languages like Java, C#, or other object-oriented languages, SQL, and NoSQL databases. * Deploy applications in a hybrid cloud environment utilizing Kubernetes, various data stores, and a variety of cloud native tools and services * Work on End-to-End solutions that may span front-end through API tiers and Back-End domain services. * Be a role model and mentor, helping to coach and strengthen the technic

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