Distinguished Engineer, AI Applications

GEICO

Actively hiring
Remote (Ca Palo Alto Office, US) Posted 44 days ago $210,000$350,000 / year

At a glance

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TL;DR

GEICO is hiring a Distinguished Engineer (AI Platforms and Applications) to join its AI organization as one of the most senior technical authorities, responsible for shaping the architecture and long-term strategy of Generative AI and virtual agent platforms that support over 20,000 contact center employees. This role involves defining and evolving foundational AI platform capabilities, collaborating with cross-functional teams to design scalable systems like knowledge curation, search, and workflow orchestration, and leading evaluations for core technologies such as LangChain and LlamaIndex. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in large-scale distributed systems, including expertise in data platforms, streaming processing, and cloud infrastructure, and a passion for real-world production environments using Generative AI technologies like GPT and Mistral.

Skills

LangChain LlamaIndex Elasticsearch Qdrant Milvus Pinecone Weaviate Snowflake Kafka Spark Ray Airflow Temporal Prefect LangSmith Arize Phoenix Weights & Biases OpenTelemetry AWS Azure CI/CD Kubernetes

What you'll do

  • Define and evolve the foundational architecture for GEICO’s Generative AI platforms.
  • Serve as a final technical authority on complex architectural decisions impacting multiple products and teams.
  • Establish multi-year technical strategy and roadmaps for AI platform capabilities and GenAI applications.
  • Lead evaluation and selection of core technologies for building and scaling Generative AI applications.
  • Mentor senior engineers, setting high standards for architectural thinking and engineering quality.
  • Drive alignment across teams by translating complex technical concepts into clear guidance.
  • Guide the evolution of platforms through hands-on engagement in critical initiatives.

What we're looking for

  • Extensive experience architecting multi-component AI/ML platforms.
  • Proven track record of designing large-scale distributed systems.
  • Deep hands-on expertise with LLM orchestration and agentic frameworks.
  • Strong background in full software development lifecycle ownership.
  • Demonstrated success building production systems using Generative AI technologies.
  • Expertise in major cloud platforms like AWS and Azure.
  • Master’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, or related field.

Market check

Salary context

This $210,000–$350,000 range sits above 89% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$170,000$259,350

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$162,000$246,150

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About GEICO

GEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company) is one of the largest auto insurers in the United States, offering affordable auto, home, renters, and other personal insurance products. Industry: Insurance

GEICO currently has 128 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $110,000–$230,000 across 128 roles with salary data.

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