GEICO is seeking a Distinguished Engineer to 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 and will work with Staff and Sr. Engineers to innovate and build new systems, improve, and enhance existing systems and identify new opportunities to apply their knowledge to solve critical problems.
Requirements
- Fluency and specialization with at least two modern languages such as Java, Kotlin, Golang or C# including object-oriented design.
- Experience designing new and improving existing systems with architecture excellence, design patterns, reliability, and scalability in mind.
- Experience building micro-services oriented architecture with gRPC interfaces, and event driven systems with Kafka.
- Proficient in programming languages like Java, C# or other object-oriented languages, SQL, and NoSQL databases, containers such as Kubernetes, and a variety of cloud tools and services.
- Experience with continuous building, delivery and infrastructure as code.
- Fluency in DevOps Concepts, Cloud Architecture, and operational portals on major cloud providers such as AWS, Azure and GCP.
- Experience in leveraging scripting languages for task automation.
- Experience with application monitoring tools and performance tuning.
- Experience in security protocols and products: understanding of directory service, SAML, OAuth
- In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms
- Experience with solving analytical problems with quantitative approaches
- Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment
- Exemplary ability to design, perform experiments, and influence engineering direction and product roadmap
- Experience partnering with engineering teams and transferring research to production
Benefits
- Comprehensive Total Rewards program
- 401K savings plan vested from day one with 6% match
- Performance and recognition-based incentives
- Tuition assistance
- Mental healthcare
- Fertility and adoption assistance
- Workplace flexibility
- GEICO Flex program (ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year)
