Distinguished Engineer - Java (Migration)

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Chevy Chase, MD
In-Office
130K-300K Annually
Expert/Leader
Insurance
The Role
The Distinguished Engineer at GEICO leads technical initiatives to modernize systems, focusing on API development and microservices architecture while mentoring engineers and ensuring high-quality delivery.
Summary Generated by Built In

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.

Position Description 
 
Our Distinguished Engineer works with our Engineers to innovate and build new systems, improve and enhance existing systems and identify new opportunities to apply your knowledge to solve critical problems. You will lead the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap modernizing our servicing organization including large scale modernization working on system and data migration. The ideal candidate is a self-starter that has deep technical expertise in their domain. 
 
Position Responsibilities 
 
As a Distinguished Engineer, you will: 

  • 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 

 
 

Qualifications 
 

  • 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 

 

Experience: 

  • 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. 

 

Education 

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


 

Annual Salary

$130,000.00 - $300,000.00

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.


 

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.

  • 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.

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.

Top Skills

Apache Trino
AWS
Azure
C#
Cassandra
Cosmos
Docker
GCP
GraphQL
Grpc
Java
Kafka
Kubernetes
MySQL
NoSQL
Openstack
Postgres
Python
SQL
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The Company
HQ: Chevy Chase, MD
26,259 Employees

What We Do

We know you know GEICO, but we want you to know that with us, you’ll find a rewarding career no matter which path you take. Our over 40,000 associates have been unexpectedly delighted to find that their jobs have turned into illuminating careers. You know us for insurance. Get to know us for great careers, too.

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