Sr. Staff Engineer (Martech/AI/LLM)

Posted 7 Days Ago
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3 Locations
In-Office
110K-260K Annually
Senior level
Insurance
The Role
Leads enterprise software architecture, technical strategy, and roadmap execution across multiple domains. Designs scalable, reliable systems and platforms using modern programming languages, cloud services, microservices, databases, containers, and DevOps practices. Partners with product and engineering teams, mentors technical staff, influences executives, improves engineering processes, evaluates performance and costs, and drives continuous learning. The role requires extensive software development and architecture experience, strong cloud and Azure expertise, and the ability to transfer research into production.
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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.

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 Summary GEICO is seeking an experienced Engineer with a passion for building high-performance, low maintenance, zero-downtime platforms, and applications. You will help drive our insurance business transformation as we transition from a traditional IT model to a tech organization with engineering excellence as its mission, while co-creating the culture of psychological safety and continuous improvement.

Position Description

Our Senior Staff Engineer works with our Staff and Sr. 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 that will increase the velocity of delivering products and unlock new engineering capabilities. The ideal candidate has deep technical expertise in their domain.

Position Responsibilities

As a Senior Staff Engineer, you will:

· Focus on multiple areas and provide technical and thought leadership to the enterprise

· Collaborate with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve our toughest problems

· Develop and execute technical software development strategy for a variety of domains

· Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions

· Utilize programming languages like Python, C# or other object-oriented languages, SQL, and NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Azure 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

· Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams

· Analyze cost and forecast, incorporating them into business plans

· Determine and support resource requirements, evaluate operational processes, measure outcomes to ensure desired results, and demonstrate adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning

Qualifications

  • Exemplary ability to design, perform experiments—including AI/LLM evaluation, measurement, and iterative improvement in production—and influence engineering direction and product roadmap  

  • Extensive experience shipping LLM, generative AI, or intelligent automation solutions in production environments  

  • Strong grasp of when to use agents, retrieval-augmented generation, classical ML, rules-based workflows, or hybrid approaches for a given business problem  

  • Experience integrating AI into enterprise services via APIs, events, authentication, and observability patterns  

  • Understanding of agent architectures, workflow orchestration, vector retrieval, and knowledge/context design  

  • Extensive experience in leading and building full-stack application and service development, with a strong focus on SaaS products / platforms  

  • Proven expertise in designing and developing microservices using GraphQL, gRPC, Java, Python, Kafka, with a deep understanding of both API and event-driven architectures, including integration of AI inference, retrieval, and async/agent workflows  

  • Proven experience designing and delivering highly-resilient event-driven and messaging-based solutions at scale with minimal latency, including long-running, failure-tolerant workflows for multi-step AI processes  

  • Fluency and specialization with at least two modern OOP languages such as Java, C#, C++, or Python including object-oriented design  

  • Great understanding of open-source databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc., and a strong foundation with NoSQL databases like Cosmos, Cassandra, Apache Trino, etc.  

  • Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, operations, real-time communication)  

  • Fluency in test engineering and automated testing concepts, including evaluation and regression testing for non-deterministic AI components  

Experience·

10+ years full-stack development experience (Java/C#/Python/Go), with expertise in client-side and server-side frameworks  

8+ years of experience with architecture and design  

4+ years of applied AI, generative AI, or intelligent automation experience in production, or demonstrable ownership of AI-enabled platform capabilities  

4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service

Education

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


Annual Salary

$130,000.00 - $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.


At this time, GEICO will consider sponsoring 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.


 

Annual Salary

$110,000.00 - $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.


 

At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

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

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience
  • 10+ years of professional software development experience within a Java framework, including J2EE and web containers
  • 8+ years of experience with architecture and design
  • 6+ years of experience with open-source frameworks
  • 4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service
  • Ability to design experiments and influence engineering direction and product roadmaps
  • Experience partnering with engineering teams and transferring research to production
  • Track record of publications in credible conferences and journals
  • Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code
  • In-depth knowledge of computer science data structures and algorithms
  • Experience solving analytical problems using quantitative approaches
  • Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development lifecycle
  • Fluency and specialization in at least two modern languages such as Java, C++, Python, or C#, including object-oriented design
  • Experience with microservices-oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs
  • Experience architecting and designing reliable, scalable systems using design patterns
  • Fluency in DevOps concepts, cloud architecture, and the Azure DevOps operational framework
  • Experience leveraging PowerShell scripting
  • Experience with operational portals such as Azure Portal
  • Experience with application monitoring tools and performance assessments
  • In-depth knowledge of datacenter structure, capabilities, and Azure native services
  • Experience with security protocols and products, including Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, and OAuth
  • Experience with Azure networking, including subscriptions and security zoning

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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