Staff Engineer, Software Engineering

GEICO

Confirmed live 2 days ago High trust

Remote

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Work type: Remote
Location: Bethesda, MDPalo Alto, CARichardson, TXDallas, TXSeattle, WA
Salary: $100,000–$230,000 / yr
Posted: 128 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $221k

This role $165k

$80k most similar roles pay here $285k

This role pays less than 90% of similar roles. Most pay $190,067–$251,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $165k versus about $221k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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 68 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $112,500–$230,000 across 68 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Engineer, Software Engineering

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Staff Engineer, Software Engineering joins the engineering team to provide technical leadership while collaborating with junior and senior engineers to innovate, build new systems, and enhance existing infrastructure. This role focuses on SRE availability and incident management, where the individual will lead a technical roadmap to increase delivery velocity and unlock new capabilities. The candidate will develop software strategies across various domains, ensuring high quality and performance for mission-critical systems. Key technologies include Python, C#, SQL, NoSQL databases, Docker, Kubernetes, and Azure tools. Required skills encompass microservices architecture, REST APIs, infrastructure as code, and PowerShell scripting. The role addresses complex problems in SRE and incident management within a large-scale environment, requiring expertise in cloud architecture, security protocols like SAML and OAuth, and advanced knowledge of data structures and algorithms to solve analytical problems with quantitative approaches.

What does a Engineer earn in California?

Median $208000 from 94 postings across 22 companies.

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Skills

Python C# Go Java C++ SQL NoSQL Docker Kubernetes Azure AWS GCP PowerShell REST APIs Microservices Infrastructure as Code SAML OAuth Active Directory

What you'll do

Lead the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap to increase product delivery velocity.
Develop and execute technical software development strategies across various enterprise domains.
Design and build scalable architecture for new and existing systems using microservices and REST APIs.
Mentor and coach junior and senior engineers to strengthen the team's technical expertise.
Manage SRE, incident management, and change management processes in a mission-critical environment.
Implement infrastructure as code and manage container orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.
Analyze costs and forecast requirements to incorporate them into business plans and resource planning.
Influence executive leadership by sharing best practices and improving cross-team engineering processes.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education/experience.
10+ years of professional software development experience focusing on SRE and Incident/Change Management.
8+ years of experience with architecture and design.
6+ years of experience with open-source frameworks.
4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service.
Fluency in at least two modern languages such as Go, Java, C++, Python, or C# including object-oriented design.
Experience with Microservices oriented architecture, REST APIs, and infrastructure as code.
Proficiency in Azure tools, PowerShell scripting, and security protocols like Active Directory, SAML, and OAuth.

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