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.<div><div><div>Position Summary   </div><div>GEICO is seeking a Staff Engineer to join our Underwriting Services Team. In this role, you will build and scale the next generation of underwriting platform for all business lines in Geico and revamp existing tier-1 underwriting services. You will help drive our insurance business transformation as we transition from a traditional IT model to a tech organization by designing, developing, and deploying core consumer experiences that leverage AI, ensuring they are robust, scalable and production ready.    </div><div> </div><div>The Service Underwriting Engineering team partners closely with GEICOs underwriting operations team to design, build, and enhance applications that streamline underwriting processes and improve decision-making efficiency. The team develops scalable, reliable solutions that enable underwriters to work smarter, faster, and with accuracy, and aim to replace repetitive manual work with AI and automation.  </div><div>  </div><div>Position Responsibilities  </div><div>As a Staff Engineer, you will:  </div><div><ul><li>Focus on multiple areas and provide technical and thought leadership to design, build, and productionize an enterprise application </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Design and develop highly available, scalable and secure software solutions to solve most complex problems for our business and customer needs </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Lead impactful architectural design discussions and contribute to elevating the quality of engineering through active participation in reviewing designs and code </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Own complete solution across its entire life cycle  </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions  </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Mentor more junior team members professionally to help them realize their full potential </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Collaborate with Product Manager and Operations team to deliver desired business outcomes with quality and expected timelines </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Influence and educate leadership at all levels </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Consistently share best practices and drive improvements within and across teams, fostering curiosity and innovation to advance our technology and processes </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Drive digital transformation initiatives, including modernizing and migrating legacy applications </li></ul></div><div>Qualifications  </div><div><ul><li>Fluency and specialization with at least one modern language such as Java, Go, or C++ </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly, concisely, and directly, both verbally and in writing. </li></ul></div></div><div><div><ul><li>Expertise in complex problem-solving autonomy, particularly in troubleshooting critical production issues and devising creative, scalable technical solutions. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Experience with services-oriented architecture with modern API protocols such as gRPC and REST </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Experience building the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Extensive experience collaborating with senior engineers and other technical leaders to shape engineering strategy and solutions. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Fluency in DevOps Concepts, Cloud Architecture, and AWS/Azure DevOps Operational Framework, including continuous delivery and infrastructure as code. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Familiarity with and experience applying Agile/Scrum methodologies. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Strong understanding and practical experience with application monitoring, performance assessments, and observability practices, leveraging modern tools. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>In-depth understanding of cloud infrastructure concepts and offerings, particularly within the AWS/Azure platform and its native services. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Strong problem-solving abilities and a proactive approach to identifying and mitigating security risks and vulnerabilities </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>In-depth knowledge of computer science data structures and algorithms. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Excellent communication skills, able to communicate complete technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders </li></ul></div><div>Experience </div><div><ul><li>6+ years of professional software development experience, with significant, demonstrable impact in a lead or principal engineering capacity </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>4+ years of experience in architectural design and leading significant system initiatives, including collaboration with cross-functional technical leadership. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>4+ years of experience in open-source frameworks. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service. </li></ul></div><div>Nice to Haves </div><div><ul><li>Experience building AI/ML products, conversational interfaces particularly with LLMs or similar AI models </li></ul></div><div>Education  </div></div></div>  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.  At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new 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.