Senior Staff Software Engineer - Developer Experience

GEICO

Remote

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Work type: Remote
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Salary: $115,000–$260,000 / yr
Posted: 1 day ago

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This role $188k

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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 130 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $110,000–$230,000 across 130 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Staff Software Engineer - Developer Experience

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GEICO is hiring a Senior Staff Software Engineer to join its AI Assisted Developer Experience team, where you will design and own the internal developer platform, including CI/CD pipelines and local development environments, while evaluating and integrating AI coding assistants. Your daily tasks include building AI-powered tooling like code generators and intelligent PR reviewers, defining IDE standards, and measuring DORA metrics to enhance developer productivity. You will also set technical direction for APIs and SDKs, establish LLM integration patterns, and lead architectural reviews with a focus on observability and testability. The role requires 10+ years of software engineering experience, deep expertise in CI/CD systems, and proficiency in multiple programming languages. Ideal candidates have a track record of building scalable internal tools and can drive technical consensus across stakeholders.

Skills

CI/CD GitHub Actions ArgoCD LLM APIs Go TypeScript Rust Python Kubernetes Docker Prometheus Grafana GitOps Terraform PostgreSQL Redis React Node.js GraphQL

What you'll do

Design and own the internal developer platform to enhance DORA metrics.
Evaluate and integrate AI coding assistants across engineering teams with rollout strategies.
Build and maintain AI-powered tooling for code generation, PR review, and documentation.
Define and enforce standards for IDE configuration and linting in polyglot environments.
Architect agentic workflows to automate repetitive tasks and reduce cognitive load.

What we're looking for

10+ years of software engineering experience with at least 3 years in a Staff-level role.
Proven success in building and scaling internal developer tooling used by over 100 engineers.
Expertise in CI/CD systems like GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Buildkite, or equivalents.
Experience integrating LLM APIs into developer workflows for prompt design and output validation.
Proficiency in at least two programming languages from different paradigms (e.g., Go, TypeScript).
Ability to drive technical consensus among senior stakeholders without direct authority.

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