Senior Staff – Software Engineer

GEICO is seeking an experienced Senior Staff Engineer with a passion for building high-performance, low maintenance, highly available databases with PostgreSQL or Cassandra.

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.

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Position Description

Our Senior Staff Engineer works with other engineers to innovate and build new systems, improve and enhance existing systems and identify new opportunities to apply their knowledge to solve critical problems.

You will be instrumental in the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap that will increase the velocity of delivering products and unlock new engineering capabilities.

The ideal candidate has deep technical expertise in databases, specifically PostgreSQL or Cassandra.

Position Responsibilities

As a Staff Engineer, you will :

• Collaborate with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve complex problems.
• Develop and execute technical software development strategy in PostgreSQL or Cassandra.
• Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions.
• Utilize modern programming languages where necessary.
• Understand operating PostgreSQL or Cassandra in a Kubernetes containerized environment.
• Build and operate containerized database workloads at scale.
• Mentor and coach existing engineers.
• Influence and educate leadership at all levels.
• Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams.
• Determine and support resource requirements, evaluate operational processes, measure outcomes to ensure desired results, demonstrate adaptability and sponsor continuous learning.
• Capable to understand and further develop on the database software source (Java / Go / C++ / C, etc).

Qualifications

• Fluency and specialization with at least two modern languages such as Java, C++, Go, Python including object-oriented design.
• Fluency and expertise in PostgreSQL or Cassandra or other open source database technologies.
• Experience building products in a micro-services-oriented architecture.
• Experience with the architecture and design of greenfield and legacy systems (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling).
• Fluency in DevOps concepts, cloud architecture, CI / CD frameworks (Github Actions, et al).
• Experience with 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).
• Exemplary ability to design, perform experiments, and influence engineering direction and product roadmap.
• Experience partnering with engineering teams and transferring research to production.
• Proficient in HA database architecture and tools.
• Strong problem-solving ability.

Experience

• 12+ years of professional experience in software development with deep understanding of open-source database systems (PostgreSQL / Cassandra or similar).
• 10+ years of experience with architecture and design.
• 6+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service.
• 6+ years of experience in open-source frameworks.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience.

Annual Salary

$130,000.00 - $260,000.00. The 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.

Benefits

As an Associate, you’ll enjoy our Total Rewards Program to help secure your financial future and preserve your health and well-being, including :

• Premier Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with no waiting period.
• Paid Vacation, Sick and Parental Leave.
• 401(k) Plan.
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• Paid Training and Licensures.
• Benefits may be different by location. Benefit eligibility requirements vary and may include length of service.

GEICO is committed to providing a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment.

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