Staff Engineer – Reliability Engineering (HYBRID)

GEICO

Actively hiring
Remote (Md Bethesda Office, US) Posted 65 days ago $115,000$230,000 / year

At a glance

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TL;DR

As a Staff Engineer at GEICO, you will join a team of Distinguished and Senior Engineers to innovate and enhance large-scale systems, addressing critical business challenges through strategic technical guidance and hands-on development. Your daily tasks include coding in languages like Go, Python, Java, or .Net, architecting cloud-native applications on Azure, and utilizing Docker and Kubernetes for container orchestration. You will ensure system reliability by participating in on-call rotations, conducting post-mortem analyses, and driving best practices for disaster recovery and monitoring. Additionally, you will mentor engineers and educate executives while collaborating with cross-functional teams to integrate and improve platform performance. This role requires deep expertise in complex system design, distributed systems management, and automation tools such as Terraform and Ansible, along with a passion for reducing manual operations in a fast-paced, high-scale environment.

Skills

Go Python Java .Net SQL NoSQL Docker Kubernetes Azure AWS GCP MySQL PostgreSQL Cassandra MongoDB Elasticsearch Prometheus Grafana Terraform Ansible Helm CI/CD IaC

What you'll do

  • Lead strategic and technical guidance across multiple areas.
  • Develop cloud-native applications using Azure Services and Kubernetes.
  • Ensure high quality, performance, and usability of engineering solutions.
  • Drive best practices for platform reliability and disaster recovery.
  • Mentor engineers and influence executives on technology trends.

What we're looking for

  • 6+ years of professional experience in software development and platform architecture.
  • Expertise in at least two modern programming languages (Go, Python, Java, .NET).
  • Deep hands-on experience with complex system design, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms.
  • Proficiency in monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and observability practices.
  • Experience managing distributed systems in public or hybrid cloud environments.
  • Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and cloud-based deployments.
  • Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, high-scale environments with a problem-solving mindset.

Market check

Salary context

This $115,000–$230,000 range sits above 42% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$134,800$230,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$165,000$214,500

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 239 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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