Senior Staff Engineer, Financial Substantiation Platform

GEICO

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Bethesda, MDWashington, DCFalls Church, VABaltimore, MDDallas, TXSeattle, WA
Salary
$120,000–$260,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
175 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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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 73 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $115,000–$230,000 across 70 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Staff Engineer, Financial Substantiation Platform

Senior Staff Engineer - Financial Substantiation Platform The Senior Staff Engineer - Financial Substantiation Platform provides technical and architectural leadership to design, build, and scale systems that validate and reconcile financial data across enterprise sources. Working with Finance, Compliance, and Product teams, the engineer will deliver reliable reconciliation services, clear data lineage, and integrated source systems for financial reporting and GL-related ERP workflows. Key responsibilities include building scalable, secure software for matching, exceptions, and financial controls while driving modernization away from legacy systems. The role requires fluency in Java, C#, or Go, along with expertise in Microservices, SOA, REST, gRPC, SQL, and Cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP. Candidates must possess skills in CI/CD, containers, IaC, and production observability to solve complex, high-volume data reconciliation and auditability problems.

What you'll do

  • Provide technical and architectural leadership for substantiation and reconciliation services, APIs, and data paths.
  • Build scalable, secure, and highly available software for matching, exceptions, and financial controls.
  • Drive modernization initiatives to transition away from legacy reconciliation and financial systems.
  • Own end-to-end solutions including design, production, quality, reliability, performance, and observability.
  • Align with Finance, Compliance, and Treasury on requirements and operational outcomes.
  • Mentor engineers and foster a culture of continuous learning.
  • Influence leadership through clear articulation of technical tradeoffs and roadmaps.

What we're looking for

  • Fluency and specialization with at least one modern language such as Java, C#, or Go.
  • Experience with Microservices, SOA, REST, gRPC, and solid SQL and relational design at scale.
  • Proficiency in Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), CI/CD, containers, IaC, and production DevOps/observability practices.
  • Proven architecture and design for distributed, data-heavy systems with strong production troubleshooting skills.
  • 10+ years of software development experience with staff/principal-level impact.
  • 8+ years leading architecture and large initiatives with cross-functional technical leadership.
  • 6+ years of experience with cloud-native or distributed systems in production.
  • 5+ years of experience with high-volume data, reconciliation, or financial/payments/ledger-adjacent systems.
  • 4+ years of experience with a major cloud platform.
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience in financial services, insurance, or ERP/GL systems (preferred).
  • Knowledge of Kafka, Snowflake, Airflow, or Python/PySpark/Snowpark (preferred).

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