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This role pays less than
81%
of similar roles. Most pay
$176,600–$242,950
— the blue band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$170k
versus about
$210k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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
73 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$115,000–$230,000
across 70 roles with salary data.
As a Staff Software Engineer on the Underwriting Services Platform Team, you will serve as a hands-on technical leader and strategic partner to product and operations leadership. You will lead the design, development, and production rollout of enterprise-grade applications that power core underwriting capabilities across all lines of business. Your daily work involves architecting highly available, scalable, and secure systems, migrating legacy systems, and replacing manual processes with AI-driven automation. You will utilize modern programming languages like Java, Go, or C# alongside REST, gRPC, and cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP. Key responsibilities include driving architectural discussions, mentoring junior engineers, and managing end-to-end solutions to solve complex business problems within a high-impact, service-oriented architecture.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Washington?
Median $202800 from 409 postings across 38 companies.
Java
Go
C++
AWS
Azure
GCP
Distributed Systems
REST
gRPC
CI/CD
Infrastructure as Code
LLM
RAG
AI
ML
Observability
System Design
cloud‑native architecture