Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer

GEICO

Actively hiring
Ca Palo Alto Office, US Posted 30 days ago $150,000$300,000 / year

At a glance

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TL;DR

GEICO is hiring a Senior Staff AI engineer for its AI organization to lead the development of a virtual agent platform that enhances productivity and service quality for over 20,000 contact center employees across various operations. This role involves collaborating with a team of AI and software engineers to design, develop, and deploy scalable GenAI workflows using technologies like Elasticsearch, Snowflake, Kafka, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Spark, Airflow, and others. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in architecting multi-component AI/ML platforms and hands-on expertise with Generative AI technologies such as GPT and Llama. Responsibilities include technical design, system evaluation, cross-functional collaboration, strategic planning, technical leadership, and mentorship to foster engineering excellence and promote enterprise-wide best practices.

Skills

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

What you'll do

  • Own the design and architecture of high-performance GenAI platform components.
  • Evaluate software technologies for build vs. buy decisions to ensure future extensibility.
  • Lead strategic planning for multi-year product roadmaps in conjunction with business needs.
  • Mentor engineers, fostering career growth and promoting enterprise-wide AI best practices.
  • Troubleshoot complex software issues and drive system-wide architectural improvements.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of professional software development experience with multiple programming languages.
  • Extensive experience architecting and building multi-component AI/ML platforms using open-source/cloud-agnostic technologies.
  • 6+ years managing full software development lifecycle, including version control and cloud deployment.
  • Deep expertise in utilizing and fine-tuning LLMs to create conversational experiences and agentic workflows.
  • Proven track record of technical leadership and strategic planning for complex AI projects.

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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