Senior Staff Software Engineer - Developer Experience

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Palo Alto, CA, USA
In-Office
115K-260K Annually
Senior level
Insurance
The Role
The Senior Staff Software Engineer will design and enhance developer platforms and tools using AI, improve developer productivity, set architectural standards, and mentor colleagues in best practices.
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.

GEICO is seeking an experienced and highly skilled Senior Staff Software Engineer to join our AI Assisted Developer Experience team. You will be part of a team of engineers that will develop the discipline, frameworks, tooling, for building software aided by AI, in a highly secure, performant, auditable, and repeatable fashion. 
 
Position Responsibilities 

 

Platform & Tooling

- Design and own the internal developer platform — CI/CD pipelines, local dev environments, build systems, and deployment workflows — with measurable impact on DORA metrics               
- Evaluate, integrate, and govern AI coding assistants (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code) across engineering teams, including rollout strategy, usage policy, and ROI measurement        
- Build and maintain AI-powered tooling: code generation scaffolds, intelligent PR reviewers, automated documentation generators, and context-aware onboarding assistants                    
- Define and enforce standards for IDE configuration, linting, formatting, and code generation prompts across polyglot environments                                                           

Developer Productivity                                                                       
- Identify and eliminate friction in the software development lifecycle through data — measure time-to-first-PR, build times, incident MTTR, and cognitive load 
- Architect agentic workflows that automate repetitive engineering tasks (boilerplate generation, dependency upgrades, test scaffolding, changelog authoring)                        
- Own the inner dev loop: hot reload, local service mocking, test data generation, and environment parity between local and production                                                
- Drive adoption of prompt engineering best practices and RAG-based internal knowledge tooling (runbooks, architecture docs, incident history)                                              

Architecture & Standards                                                                     

- Set technical direction for developer-facing APIs, SDKs, and CLI tooling consumed by internal engineering teams
- Establish LLM integration patterns — context window management, prompt versioning, output validation, hallucination guardrails — as reusable internal libraries
- Define AI-assisted code review standards: what tooling enforces, what humans own, and escalation paths for ambiguous cases                                                           
- Lead architectural reviews with a DX lens, ensuring new systems are observable, testable, and locally runnable from day one

Cross-Functional Leadership                                                                  

- Partner with security and compliance to govern AI tool usage — data residency, secret handling, acceptable use policies for LLM-generated code                                       
- Represent developer experience in roadmap planning, translating engineering pain points into prioritized platform investments                                                               
- Mentor staff and senior engineers on AI-augmented development practices; run internal enablement programs and brown bags                                                             
- Influence hiring by defining technical bar for DX-adjacent roles and contributing to interview design                                                                               
        
Measures of Success                                                                          
- Reduction in time-to-production for new services
- Increase in developer satisfaction scores (quarterly survey)                                 
- Reduction in toil hours per engineer per sprint
- Adoption rate and productivity lift from AI tooling

 
Qualifications 
  - 10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 years at Staff level or above owning platform or infrastructure domains                                                      

  - Demonstrated track record of building and shipping internal developer tooling adopted at scale (100+ engineers)                                                                         

  - Deep expertise in CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Buildkite, or equivalent) and modern build tooling                                                                                 

  - Production experience integrating LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar) into developer  workflows — prompt design, output validation, cost management            

  - Strong proficiency in at least two languages across different paradigms (e.g. Go,

  TypeScript, Rust + Python) — credibility across polyglot engineering orgs                

  - Ability to drive technical consensus across multiple senior stakeholders without direct authority 

              

Education 
 
Bachelor's degree or master's degree in information technology or related field, or equivalent experience 


 

Annual Salary

$115,000.00 - $260,000.00

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.


 

GEICO will consider sponsoring a new qualified 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.

Skills Required

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience
  • 3+ years at Staff level or above
  • Building and shipping internal developer tooling adopted at scale
  • Deep expertise in CI/CD systems
  • Production experience integrating LLM APIs
  • Strong proficiency in at least two programming languages
  • Ability to drive technical consensus across senior stakeholders

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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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The Company
HQ: Chevy Chase, MD
26,259 Employees
Year Founded: 1936

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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