Staff Engineer - Java, Microservices (HYBRID)

GEICO

Remote Hybrid

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Work type: Remote
Location: Wa Remote Zone 1
Salary: $100,000–$260,000 / yr
Posted: 19 days ago

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This role $180k

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This role pays less than 54% of similar roles. Most pay $154,250–$214,500 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $180k versus about $184k for comparable roles.

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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 71 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $110,000–$230,000 across 71 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Engineer - Java, Microservices (HYBRID)

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As a Staff Engineer in the enterprise technology team, you will lead technical initiatives and provide thought leadership to solve complex problems across various domains, ensuring high-quality services and software solutions. Your daily responsibilities include designing and developing APIs and microservices using GraphQL, gRPC, Java, Python, and Kafka, deploying applications in hybrid cloud environments with Kubernetes, and working on end-to-end solutions from front-end through back-end domain services. You will also influence engineering direction and product roadmaps by partnering with executive teams to deliver highly-resilient event-driven systems at scale. The role requires expertise in API-first design, service orchestration, and real-time APIs, as well as deep knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and open-source databases like MySQL and PostgreSQL. Additionally, you must excel in a fast-paced environment, implementing security protocols across services and products, including Active Directory and OAuth.

Skills

GraphQL gRPC Java Python Kubernetes Docker SQL NoSQL API first design event driven architecture federated GraphQL high-performance API systems schema evolution versioning message-driven solutions MySQL PostgreSQL Apache Trino CI/CD

What you'll do

Provide technical leadership in designing and developing APIs using GraphQL, gRPC, Java, Python, and Kafka.
Ensure high-quality services by managing the performance and usability of solutions across various domains.
Deploy applications in hybrid cloud environments using Kubernetes and other cloud-native tools.
Work on end-to-end solutions spanning front-end through back-end domain services.
Influence engineering direction and product roadmap by partnering with executive teams.
Design highly-resilient event-driven systems at scale with minimal latency.

What we're looking for

Proven expertise in API-first engineering approaches and service orchestration using GraphQL and gRPC.
Deep hands-on experience in designing and delivering highly-resilient event-driven solutions at scale with minimal latency.
Extensive experience leading full-stack application development, including front-end through back-end domain services.
Fluency in Java and another modern language like C#, C++, or Python, with strong object-oriented design skills.
Specialization in deploying applications in hybrid cloud environments using Kubernetes and various data stores.
Ability to manage schema evolution, versioning, and high-performance API-driven systems.
Experience building complex SaaS systems with knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and open-source databases.