Hybrid Staff Engineer – Full Stack Applications

at GEICO

• Job title: Staff Engineer – Full Stack Applications
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $110,000 - $230,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Azure, Bootstrap, Cloud, Django, Docker, Google Cloud Platform, Java, Kafka, Kubernetes, Microservices, Python, React, Terraform, TypeScript, Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Chevy Chase, United States

About the role

• Staff Engineer developing full stack applications for hybrid cloud governance at GEICO. Leading technical development in a collaborative team environment with a focus on performance and scalability.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and thought leadership across multiple layers of the stack, focusing on full-stack web application development and ensuring the integration of UI, micro-services, and backend systems.
• Lead the development of UI using React, Typescript and Bootstrap on a Django framework while also contributing to the Architecture and development of microservices using Golang, Python, Django and Kafka.
• Design and implement loosely coupled, scalable micro-services.
• Own and drive one to two service areas, being accountable for their successful delivery, from requirement analysis, design through to production, and ensuring they meet performance, scalability and reliability standards.
• Act as a role model and mentor to senior and junior engineers, guiding them in understanding the architecture, design and implementation of systems.
• Maintain excellent communication with Partner teams and leads, articulating technical implementations for various stakeholders, ensuring alignment across teams.
• Proactively explore unknown product requirements and design solutions that meet evolving needs, contributing to the continuous improvement of our platform.
• Leverage your experience in deploying web applications in Kubernetes (k8s) environments, ensuring reliable interaction with backend services and seamless integration with cloud and on-premises systems.

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional software development experience and/or solutions engineering experience with technologies such as Java, TypeScript, ReactJS, BootstrapJS, Python, Golang, Docker, Kubernetes, or Terraform. Must have recent hands-on experience with developing or single page web applications.
• 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.
• Preferred experience with capacity management within hybrid cloud.

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.