Why Join GEICO?
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 on relentless innovation to exceed our customers' expectations while making a real impact on local communities nationwide.
Founded in 1936, GEICO is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and one of the largest auto insurers in the United States. 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 Summary
GEICO is seeking an experienced senior software engineer with a passion for building high-performance, low maintenance, zero-downtime platforms, and applications. You will help drive our insurance business transformation and platform engineering domain modernization as we redefine experience for our customers.
Position Description
Our Senior Software Engineer works with our Distinguished Engineer and Staff Engineers to innovate and build new systems, improve, and enhance existing systems as well as identify new opportunities to apply your knowledge to solve critical problems. You will lead 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 engineering best practices, extensive experience with DevOps, proven track record in designing and implementing highly scalable and available solutions, as well as owning production services and applications.
Position Responsibilities
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will:
Collaborate with product managers, internal & external business partners, peers, and other engineering teams to solve complex problems in our partner integration platform
Contribute to our technical roadmap and execute software development strategy to enhance the capabilities of various platform components.
Champion software development best practices and safe deployment processes to enable continuous, incremental delivery of business values.
Contribute directly to and leading by example in day-to-day engineering activities (writing feature code and automated tests, raising PRs and reviewing peers’ PRs, developing and managing CI/CD pipelines, production support, among others)
Act as a technical project lead and collaborate with partnering teams as well as communicate with cross-discipline stakeholders on a regular basis
Leverage data to measure success, identify opportunities, and recommend solutions.
Qualifications
Advance knowledge of at least one modern OOP language (Go is preferred, .Net is a plus)
Extensive first-hand experience designing, implementing, and maintaining highly scalable, available and reliable system in production
Strong Test-Driven Development practices (e.g., unit, functional, integration, load, etc.)
In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms
Understanding of security best practices (e.g., certificates, encryption)
Familiar with relational databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.
Familiar with No-SQL databases like Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis, etc.
Experience in architecting, designing, building automation, workflows, and distributed applications
Strong understanding of service integrations/communication standards (e.g., gRPC/RESTful)
Experience in building and maintaining CI/CD with IaaC
Experience in solving complex problems with quantitative approach
Knowledge of development tools across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, test automation and related tools, operations, real-time communication)
Knowledge of Kubernetes, containers, and best practices on a K8s environment (including K8s operators)
Experience in open-source tools like Git/Jenkins/CircleCI, and knowledge in Terraform/Ansible is a plus
Experience in supporting high-volume production workloads and managing incidents
Excellent communication skills
Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment
Experience:
4+ years of professional experience in software development
3+ years of experience with architecture and design
3+ years of experience with Azure, AWS, GCP, or hybrid data center
2+ years of experience in open-source frameworks
Education:
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience
Annual Salary
$105,000.00 - $215,000.00The 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.
The GEICO Pledge:
Great Company: Protecting customers through life’s twists and turns with innovation and integrity.
Great Careers: Personalized development programs, mentorship, and certification assistance.
Great Culture: Inclusive and collaborative culture rooted in shared success.
Great Rewards: Competitive pay, benefits, and flexibility to support your well-being and future.
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.
Skills Required
- Advanced knowledge of at least one modern object-oriented programming language; Go preferred and .NET a plus
- Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining highly scalable, available, and reliable production systems
- Strong test-driven development experience, including unit, functional, integration, and load testing
- In-depth knowledge of computer science data structures and algorithms
- Understanding of security best practices, including certificates and encryption
- Experience with relational databases such as MySQL or PostgreSQL
- Experience with NoSQL databases such as Cassandra, MongoDB, or Redis
- Experience architecting, designing, and building automation, workflows, and distributed applications
- Strong understanding of service integration and communication standards such as gRPC and REST
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with infrastructure as code
- Knowledge of software development lifecycle tools for task management, source control, builds, deployment, test automation, operations, and communication
- Knowledge of Kubernetes, containers, and Kubernetes environment best practices, including operators
- Experience with open-source tools such as Git, Jenkins, or CircleCI
- Knowledge of Terraform or Ansible
- Experience supporting high-volume production workloads and managing incidents
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment
- At least 4 years of professional software development experience
- At least 3 years of architecture and design experience
- At least 3 years of experience with Azure, AWS, GCP, or hybrid data centers
- At least 2 years of experience with open-source frameworks
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or equivalent education or work experience
GEICO Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about GEICO and has not been reviewed or approved by GEICO.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, spanning medical, prescription, behavioral health, dental (including orthodontia), and vision options with multiple plan types. Wellness resources, HSAs/FSAs, and related programs add breadth to the core health offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support includes a 401(k) with an employer match, and the match level is still characterized as good even after adjustments. Access to a credit union and financial education tools further strengthens the overall retirement/financial support picture.
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Flexible Benefits — Work-life programs provide flexibility through hybrid scheduling and limited remote-work options, alongside a broad menu of ancillary benefits such as commuter pre-tax programs, employee discounts, and charitable gift matching. Education support via tuition assistance and scholarships adds additional optionality for different needs.
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