Staff Software Engineer

GEICO

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Work type
On-site
Location
Palo Alto, CA
Salary
$115,000–$230,000 / yr
Posted
4 days ago
Nearby
99+ roles within 25 mi

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This role $172k
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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 117 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $110,000–$230,000 across 117 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer

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GEICO is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to lead the System Catalog and Configuration Management Database (CMDB) team, responsible for creating a unified technology landscape that serves as a single source of truth across the organization. This role involves developing strategies and architectures to transform static configuration data into dynamic, API-driven systems that support incident response, change management, security, and cost visibility. The ideal candidate will have expertise in software engineering, data modeling, service mapping, and automated discovery, with experience in Go, Python, TypeScript, React, SQL, NoSQL, and graph databases. They should also be proficient in cloud technologies like Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure, and infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible and Terraform. The position requires strong leadership skills to mentor engineers and communicate the value of accurate configuration data to executive stakeholders, driving continuous improvement within a large-scale enterprise environment.

Skills

Go Python React SQL NoSQL graph databases data modeling master-data management API design REST GraphQL networking caches key/value stores load balancing queues DNS CDN hybrid cloud architecture IaaS PaaS Kubernetes Terraform Ansible AWS GCP Azure

What you'll do

  • Develop and drive the strategy for System Catalog and CMDB to align with business goals.
  • Define and own the configuration data model ensuring extensibility and consistency.
  • Establish and enforce CMDB data governance including CI lifecycle management and standards.
  • Lead design of resilient, scalable catalog systems considering on-premises and cloud solutions.
  • Design automated discovery processes for accurate CMDB across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • Deep expertise in data modeling and taxonomy design for large-scale environments.
  • Proven track record of building or owning a system catalog at enterprise scale.
  • Strong API design skills with REST and GraphQL, including versioning and schema governance.
  • Extensive knowledge of hybrid cloud architecture and container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.
  • Demonstrated leadership and mentoring abilities in fostering technical expertise within teams.

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