Staff Engineer - Java (API/Software Development/Microservices) at GEICO

You are a senior-level software engineer with deep experience building large-scale, event-driven microservices and API-first architectures. You bring hands-on e

Work type: hybrid

Location: Bethesda, MD | Dallas, TX | Seattle, WA

Salary: $100,000 – $230,000/yr

Type: Full-time

Summary

You are a senior-level software engineer with deep experience building large-scale, event-driven microservices and API-first architectures. You bring hands-on expertise in Java and cloud-native deployments to lead technical roadmaps and mentor engineering teams. **What makes it worth a look...** GEICO offers a competitive salary range of $100,000 to $230,000 annually for this hybrid role based in Bethesda, Dallas, or Seattle. They provide a 6% 401k match vested from day one and unique flexibility with the GEICO Flex program allowing you to work from anywhere in the U.S. for four weeks per year. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have professional fluency in Java and at least one other language like Python or C#. * Possess hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and hybrid cloud environments. * Deeply understand event-driven architecture using Kafka, gRPC, and federated GraphQL. * Are proficient in managing both SQL and NoSQL databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Cosmos.

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 Description 
 
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. 

• Lead and model AI‑first practices, including the responsible use of AI productivity tools and AI‑enabled service capabilities, to modernize enterprise platforms and elevate engineering effectiveness

• 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 technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community. Influence and educate executives 

Qualifications 

• Exemplary ability to design, perform experiments, and influence engineering direction and product roadmap 

• Experience partnering with engineering teams and transferring research to production 

• Proven expertise in API first engineering approaches, service orchestration, event driven architecture and real-time APIs including federated graphQL and gRPC implementations. 

• Experience designing and delivering enterprise services using AI‑first principles, including hands‑on use of AI productivity tools and applied AI technologies to improve development efficiency and system capabilities

• Proven experience designing and delivering highly-resilient event-driven and messaging based solutions at scale with minimal latency.  

• Deep hands-on experience in building complex SAAS systems in large scale business focused systems, with great knowledge on Docker and Kubernetes 

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

• Extensive experience in leading and building full-stack application and service development 

• Great understanding of open-source databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc. And strong foundation with No-SQL databases like Cosmos, Cassandra. Apache Trino etc.  

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

• 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 

Annual Salary

$100,000.00 - $230,000.00The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.

GEICO will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.
 

The GEICO Pledge: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.

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.

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