Senior Staff Engineer

GEICO

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Remote

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Work type
Remote
Location
Bethesda, MD
Salary
$115,000–$260,000 / yr
Posted
67 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby
99+ roles within 25 mi

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How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $197k
This role $188k
$98k most similar roles pay here $277k

This role pays less than 57% of similar roles. Most pay $164,750–$230,168 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $188k versus about $197k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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 68 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $112,500–$230,000 across 68 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Staff Engineer

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As a Senior Staff Engineer, you will join the engineering team to drive the insurance business transformation and platform engineering domain modernization. You will lead the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap for Digital Personal Auto Sales, focusing on building high-performance, low-maintenance, and zero-downtime systems. Your daily responsibilities include designing scalable architecture, writing feature code, managing CI/CD pipelines, and developing incident response plans to ensure system reliability. You will work with cross-discipline stakeholders to modernize legacy components while ensuring production readiness. The role requires proficiency in Go or .Net, along with expertise in SQL, NoSQL, and container orchestration like Kubernetes. You must possess deep knowledge of DevOps practices, infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform or Ansible, and experience with hybrid cloud environments to solve complex problems within the insurance technology landscape.

What does a Engineer earn in Remote?

Median $189520 from 49 postings across 15 companies.

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Skills

Go .NET SQL NoSQL Kubernetes AWS GCP Azure Terraform Pulumi Ansible Chef Puppet CI/CD

What you'll do

  • Develop and drive the technical roadmap for Digital Personal Auto Sales aligned with business goals.
  • Design and architect resilient, scalable platform services across on-premises and cloud environments.
  • Lead the modernization of legacy components while minimizing business disruption through innovative technology.
  • Perform hands-on engineering tasks including writing feature code, managing CI/CD pipelines, and conducting code reviews.
  • Develop comprehensive incident response plans and playbooks to manage disaster scenarios and ensure system reliability.
  • Mentor and coach engineers to strengthen technical expertise across the product community.
  • Evaluate and implement modern tools to enhance partner integrations, compliance, and visibility.
  • Analyze costs and forecast requirements to inform business plans and resource allocation.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent education/experience.
  • 10+ years of professional experience in software development.
  • 8+ years of experience with architecture and design.
  • 6+ years of experience with open-source frameworks.
  • 4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or other cloud service providers.
  • Fluency in at least one modern language, such as Go or .Net.
  • Deep knowledge of DevOps practices, hybrid cloud architecture, and container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.
  • Proven track record of designing and maintaining scalable systems using SQL/NoSQL databases and infrastructure automation tools.

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