Sr. Staff Engineering Manager - Policy Configuration

Posted 25 Days Ago
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Palo Alto, CA
In-Office
150K-300K Annually
Senior level
Insurance
The Role
Lead the design and development of insurance policy systems, ensuring operational excellence and coaching teams. Drive modernization and collaboration within product strategy.
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.

About GEICO Policy Engineering 

We're building the future of insurance technology—API-first, AI-powered, and engineered for scale. 

At GEICO, the Policy Engineering teams are on a mission to redefine how insurance policies are built, managed, and evolved. We're designing world-class services that are modular, resilient, and ready to power intelligent automation across the enterprise. 

Position Description 

In this role you will be responsible for leading the design and development of mission critical systems that model the complex data models and business processes that underly the policy lifecycle. If you’re passionate about data modeling and rules-based system development, this is the job for you.  

We’re looking for leaders with deep technical breadth—from distributed systems and cloud-native architectures to data pipelines and service mesh patterns.  

Position Responsibilities 

As a Sr. Staff Engineering Manager, you will: 

  • Provide technical leadership to drive the modernization of GEICO’s policy services and systems 

  • Influence product vision and collaborate with product teams to deliver solutions aligned with business strategy 

  • Champion and instill strong Agile practices to drive team effectiveness, adaptability, and continuous delivery 

  • Ensure operational excellence through engineering best practices 

  • Coach and mentor team members for high performance and accountability 

  • Deliver scalable, cloud-based applications 

Experience 

  • 7+ years of hands-on software development or solutions engineering experience 

  • Recent experience developing or designing software solutions 

  • 5+ years of leadership experience managing multiple scrum teams 

  • Excellent problem-solving and communication skills 

  • Strong technical background in modern engineering practices 

  • Demonstrated experience delivering scalable cloud-based applications (AWS, Azure) 

  • Strong knowledge and practical application of Agile methodologies and frameworks 

  • Experience with CI/CD, Release Management, and SDLC 

Education 

  • BS in Computer Science or equivalent education or work experience 

 

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Annual Salary

$150,000.00 - $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.


 

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.

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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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