Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer

GEICO

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Ca Palo Alto Office, US Posted 37 days ago $150,000–$300,000 / year
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At a glance

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TL;DR

GEICO’s AI organization seeks a Senior Staff AI engineer to lead the development of its virtual agent platform, enhancing productivity and service quality for over 20,000 contact center employees across various operations. This role involves designing, developing, and deploying high-performance GenAI workflows using technologies like Elasticsearch, Snowflake, Kafka, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Spark, Airflow, and Kubernetes, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration and scalability. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in building multi-component AI/ML platforms, managing cloud services such as AWS and Azure, and fine-tuning LLMs for conversational experiences. This position demands a minimum of 10 years of professional software development expertise, including hands-on work with multiple programming languages and deep knowledge of system architecture and strategic planning.

Skills

Python Java C++ AWS Azure Kubernetes CI/CD Elasticsearch Snowflake Kafka PostgreSQL MongoDB Cassandra Spark Ray Airflow Temporal LLMs GPT Generative AI

What you'll do

  • Own the design and architecture of high-performance GenAI platform components.
  • Evaluate and select software technologies for build vs. buy decisions.
  • Lead strategic planning for multi-year product roadmaps in AI/ML platforms.
  • Resolve complex technical issues to ensure optimal platform performance.
  • Mentor engineers and promote enterprise-wide AI best practices.
  • Design and develop scalable knowledge curation & management systems.
  • Foster career growth by setting up engineering best practices.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of professional software development experience with multiple programming languages.
  • Extensive experience (10+) in architecting and building multi-component AI/ML platforms using open-source tools.
  • Proven track record managing full software development lifecycle, including CI/CD pipelines and Kubernetes clusters.
  • Deep expertise in utilizing and fine-tuning large language models for conversational experiences and agentic workflows.
  • 6+ years of hands-on experience with cloud providers like Azure and AWS.
  • Strong technical leadership skills, mentoring engineers, and fostering career growth.

Market check

Salary context

This $150,000–$300,000 range sits above 62% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$160,250–$260,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$176,000–$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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