At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities. Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive through relentless innovation to exceed our customers’ expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose. When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported and proud to work here. That’s why we offer The GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers.Position SummaryGEICO is seeking an experienced Engineer with a passion for building high-performance, low maintenance, zero-downtime platforms, and core data infrastructure. You will help drive our insurance business transformation as we transition from a traditional IT model to a tech organization with engineering excellence as its mission, while co-creating the culture of psychological safety and continuous improvement.Position DescriptionOur Staff Engineer is a key member of the engineering staff working across the organization to innovate and bring the best open-source data infrastructure and practices into Geico as we embark on a greenfield project to implement a core Data Lakehouse for all Geico’s core data use-cases across each of the company’s business verticals.Position ResponsibilitiesAs a Staff Engineer, you will:<ul><li>Scope, design, and build scalable, resilient Data Lakehouse components</li><li>Lead architecture sessions and reviews with peers and leadership</li><li>Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions</li><li>Spearhead new software evaluations and innovate with new tooling</li><li>Determine and support resource requirements, evaluate operational processes, measure outcomes to ensure desired results, and demonstrate adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning</li><li>Collaborate with customers, team members, and other engineering teams to solve our toughest problems</li><li>Be a role model and mentor, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering community</li><li>Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams</li><li>Share your passion for staying on top of the latest open-source projects, experimenting with, and learning recent technologies, participating in internal and external technology communities, and mentoring other members of the engineering community</li></ul>Qualifications<ul><li>Exemplary ability to design and develop, perform experiments</li><li>Experience developing new and enhancing existing open-source based Data Lakehouse platform components</li><li>Experience cultivating relationships with and contributing to open-source software projects</li><li>Experience with open-source table formats (Apache Iceberg, Delta, Hudi or equivalent)</li><li>Experience with open-source compute engines (Apache Spark, Apache Flink, Trino/Presto, or equivalent)</li><li>Experience with cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, or equivalent)</li><li>Expertise in developing distributed systems that are scalable, resilient, and highly available</li><li>Expertise in container technology like Docker and Kubernetes platform development</li><li>Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code</li><li>In-depth knowledge of DevOps concepts and cloud architecture</li><li>Experience in Azure Network (Subscription, Security zoning, etc.) or equivalent</li><li>Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment</li></ul>Experience<ul><li>6+ years of professional experience in data software development, programming languages and developing with big data technologies</li><li>4+ years of experience on open-source development</li><li>​3+ years of experience with architecture and design </li><li>3+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service</li></ul>Education<ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics or equivalent education or work experience</li></ul>#LI-RP2  Annual Salary$115,000.00 - $230,000.00The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.  GEICO will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.  The GEICO Pledge:Great Company: At GEICO, we help our customers through life’s twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and we’re constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs.We’re an iconic brand that thrives on innovation, exceeding our customers’ expectations and enabling our collective success. From day one, you’ll take on exciting challenges that help you grow and collaborate with dynamic teams who want to make a positive impact on people’s lives.Great Careers: We offer a career where you can learn, grow, and thrive through personalized development programs, created with your career – and your potential – in mind.  You’ll have access to industry leading training, certification assistance, career mentorship and coaching with supportive leaders at all levels.Great Culture: We foster an inclusive culture of shared success, rooted in integrity, a bias for action and a winning mindset. Grounded by our core values, we have an an established culture of caring, inclusion, and belonging, that values different perspectives. Our teams are led by dynamic, multi-faceted teams led by supportive leaders, driven by performance excellence and unified under a shared purpose.As part of our culture, we also offer employee engagement and recognition programs that reward the positive impact our work makes on the lives of our customers.Great Rewards: We offer compensation and benefits built to enhance your physical well-being, mental and emotional health and financial future.<ul><li>Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.</li><li>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.</li><li>Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.</li><li>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.</li></ul>The equal employment opportunity policy of the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and associates. GEICO also provides a work environment in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the best of their ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for all associates and applicants.

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Staff Engineer – Data Lakehouse Platform

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