GEICO is the second-largest private auto insurer in the United States and has built a brand recognized for its memorable Gecko advertisements and its commitment to superior custome
Senior Staff Engineer, Java
Location
California
Posted
12 days ago
Salary
$130K - $260K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Staff Engineer, Java
GEICO
• Focus on multiple areas and provide technical and thought leadership to the enterprise. • Collaborate with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve our toughest problems. • Develop and execute technical software development strategy for a variety of domains. • Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions. • Utilize programming languages like Python, C# or other object-oriented languages, SQL, and NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Azure tools and services. • Be a role model and mentor, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community. Influence and educate executives. • Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams. • Analyze cost and forecast, incorporating them into business plans. • Determine and support resource requirements, evaluate operational processes, measure outcomes to ensure desired results, and demonstrate adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning.
Job Requirements
- Exemplary ability to design, perform experiments, and influence engineering direction and product roadmap.
- Experience partnering with engineering teams and transferring research to production.
- Track-record of publications history in credible conferences and journals.
- Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code.
- In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms.
- Experience solving analytical problems with quantitative approaches.
- Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment.
- Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, operations, real-time communication).
- Fluency and Specialization with at least two modern languages such as Java, C++, Python or C# including object-oriented design.
- Experience with Micro-services oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs.
- Experience building the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems.
- Fluency in DevOps Concepts, Cloud Architecture, and Azure DevOps Operational Framework.
- Experience in leveraging PowerShell scripting.
- Experience in existing Operational Portals such as Azure Portal.
- Experience with application monitoring tools and performance assessments.
- In depth knowledge of Datacenter structure, capabilities and offerings, including the Azure platform, and its native services including the Azure platform and its native services.
- Experience in security protocols and products: Understanding of Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, OAuth.
- Experience in Azure Network (Subscription, Security zoning, etc.)
Benefits
- Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
- Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
- Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
- Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.
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