Distinguished Engineer, Applied AI

GEICO

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Ca Palo Alto Office, US Posted 11 days ago $150,000–$300,000 / year

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TL;DR

As a Distinguished Engineer on the Service Engineering team at GEICO, you will lead the technical direction and execution of an AI-powered CRM platform transformation, driving architectural decisions for core CRM capabilities such as Agent Workspace and Knowledge Management. You will establish engineering standards for observability, auto-failover systems, and SLA management while mentoring senior engineers to enhance their technical skills in AI/ML and distributed systems. The role involves cross-functional collaboration with AI research, product, infrastructure, and cloud provider teams to build a resilient system with 99.99% availability across multi-region deployments. Ideal candidates have extensive experience in building AI products, microservices architecture, and highly available systems, along with proficiency in languages like Java, Python, or C#. This role is pivotal in advancing GEICO’s CRM platform from a traditional record-keeping system to an intelligent, proactive solution for customer service and sales operations.

Skills

Python Java C# AWS Microsoft AI/ML LLM-based systems Agentic frameworks Conversational AI Microservices REST APIs CI/CD Infrastructure as Code Salesforce Kubernetes Terraform PostgreSQL Docker Prometheus Grafana

What you'll do

Lead architectural decisions for key CRM AI capabilities and multi-region infrastructure.
Define and implement standards for observability, auto-failover, and SLA management.
Mentor engineers to elevate technical skills in AI/ML and operational excellence.
Drive incident response and post-mortem analysis for systemic improvements.
Engage in cross-functional collaboration throughout the software lifecycle.

What we're looking for

Advanced programming experience in modern languages like Java, C++, Python, or C#
Proficient with AI/ML stack and libraries; experience shipping applied AI products including LLM-based systems
Proven understanding of microservices-oriented architecture and REST APIs
Experience building and operating highly available multi-region systems (99.9%+ uptime)
Track record of technical thought leadership through publications, blogs, or open-source contributions
12+ years of experience as a technical software engineering leader
5+ years of applied AI/ML experience with exposure to LLMs or generative AI

Market check

Salary context

This $150,000–$300,000 range sits above 57% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$170,400–$260,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$162,000–$247,787

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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