Key skills
PythonJavaC++C#Microservices architectureREST APIsContinuous deliveryInfrastructure as codeDevOpsCloud ArchitectureAzure DevOpsPowerShellAzure PortalApplication monitoringDatacenter structureSecurity protocolsActive DirectoryWindows AuthenticationSAMLOAuthAzure NetworkData structuresAlgorithmsProblem solvingCSQLNoSQL.NETAWSAzureGCPKubernetesDockerLeadershipMentoringCommunication
About this role
GEICO is a company dedicated to providing quality coverage and innovative solutions to its customers. They are seeking a Staff Engineer who will lead engineering teams, own complete solutions, and ensure high-quality technology products and services. The role involves mentoring junior team members and influencing product vision to solve complex problems for enterprise-class applications.
Responsibilities:
- Focus on multiple areas and provide leadership to the engineering teams
- Own complete solution across its entire life cycle
- Influence and build vision with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve complex problems for building enterprise-class business applications
- Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions
- Lead in design sessions and code reviews to elevate the quality of engineering across the organization
- Utilize programming languages like .NET, Python, SQL, and NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Azure tools and services
- Mentor more junior team members professionally to help them realize their full potential
- Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams
Requirements:
- Fluency and Specialization with at least two modern languages such as Java, C++, Python or C# including object-oriented design
- Experience in building products using 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
- Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code
- 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
- Experience in Datacenter structure, capabilities, and offerings, 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.)
- Experience in Genesis
- In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms
- Strong problem-solving ability
- 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)
- 6+ years of professional software development experience within a Java framework (J2EE, web containers and Java)
- 4+ years of experience in open-source frameworks
- 3+ years of experience with architecture and design
- 3+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience