Hybrid Distinguished Engineer – Java, Migration

at GEICO

• Job title: Distinguished Engineer – Java, Migration
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: $120,000 - $300,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Apache, AWS, Azure, Cassandra, Cloud, Docker, ETL, Google Cloud Platform, GraphQL, GRPC, Java, Kafka, Kubernetes, Microservices, MySQL, NoSQL, OpenStack, Postgres, Python, SQL
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Chevy Chase, United States

About the role

• Distinguished Engineer at GEICO working on system modernization and data migration. Leading technical projects and providing mentorship while leveraging extensive experience in full-stack development.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to multiple areas and provide technical and thought leadership to the enterprise.
• Collaborate across teams and the tech organization to solve our toughest problems.
• Deliver high-scale and high-quality data architecture, especially legacy-to-modern platform transitions.
• Deliver High-Quality services and software for a variety of domains.
• Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions.
• Utilize your expertise in designing and developing API’s and microservices using graphQL, gRPC, Java, Python, Kafka, with a deep understanding of API driven system migration.
• Utilize programming languages like Java, C#, or other object-oriented languages, SQL, and NoSQL databases.
• Deploy applications in a hybrid cloud environment utilizing Kubernetes, various data stores, and a variety of cloud native 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.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in full-stack web development (C#/Java/Python/GO), with expertise in client-side and server-side frameworks.
• 8+ years of experience working with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and private cloud technologies (OpenStack).
• 6+ years of experience in open-source frameworks.
• Exemplary ability to design, perform experiments, and influence engineering direction and product roadmap.
• Experience leading and building the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems.
• Deep knowledge of ETL, SQL, bitemporal data modeling and temporal databases.
• Experience with API-based migration.
• Experience with shadow mode, dual-write, and deconversion strategies.
• Strong understanding of data observability, traceability, and multi-faceted testing.
• Proven expertise in designing and developing microservices using graphQL, gRPC, Java, Python, Kafka, with a deep understanding of both API and event-driven architectures.
• Proven experience designing and delivering highly-resilient event-driven and messaging based solutions at scale with minimal latency.
• Deep hands-on experience in building complex SAAS systems in large scale business focused systems, with great knowledge on Docker and Kubernetes.
• Fluency and Specialization with Java and at least one other modern language such as C#, C++, or Python including object-oriented design.
• Extensive experience in leading and building full-stack application and service development, with a strong focus on SAAS products / platforms.
• Great understanding of open-source databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc. And strong foundation with No-SQL databases like Cosmos, Cassandra. Apache Trino etc.
• Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment.

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.