Staff Manager - Commercial Insurance Engineering (REMOTE)

Position Summary
GEICO is seeking an experienced Manager, Commercial Insurance Engineering with a passion for building high-performance applications and platforms with generative AI capabilities. You will build and manage a team of engineers with a deep focus on delivering Commercial Insurance products to operate in a highly performant and efficient way. 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 Manager is an engineering leader who works with the engineering staff to innovate and build new engineering solutions, improve and enhance existing solutions as well as leverage engineering solutions to solve critical operational problems. A Manager will lead execution of a technical roadmap that will increase the velocity of delivering products and unlock new engineering capabilities. The ideal candidate possesses exceptional technical expertise, with a strong ability to enhance application performance, improve user experience, and drive efficient test automation. Additionally, they demonstrate a curious and nuanced understanding of commercial insurance concepts.

Qualifications:

• Proven management experience leading teams of 5+ engineers
• Strong background in delivering digital - web and/or mobile - products at scale.
• Ability to prioritize and drive results based on business value to the organization.
• Fluency with at least one modern language such as Python, Java and experience with open-source software is a big plus

• Strong critical thinking, decision making, and problem-solving skills.

• Proven ability to concentrate and demonstrate a capacity for learning technical concepts and adapting to new technologies quickly
• Strong Cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure etc.) platform knowledge
• Proficiency in Project Management and work item management tools such as GitHub and Azure DevOps
• Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and core computer science concepts
• Experience with application monitoring tools and performance assessments
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate to both Senior Leadership, highly technical and non-technical audiences
• Proven experience with CI/CD pipelines and build and release practices in commercial insurance Experience

Experience:

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including software development lifecycle best practices
• 5+ years of development in a large-scale, mission-critical environment
• 5+ years of hands-on work experience supervising personnel in a technical environment
• 2+ years' experience with automated testing including Unit, Integration, and End-to-End functional testing

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent 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.

GEICO will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

Benefits:

As an Associate, you’ll enjoy our Total Rewards Program* to help secure your financial future and preserve your health and well-being, including:

• Premier Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with no waiting period**
• Paid Vacation, Sick and Parental Leave
• 401(k) Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Training and Licensures

*Benefits may be different by location. Benefit eligibility requirements vary and may include length of service.

**Coverage begins on the date of hire. Must enroll in New Hire Benefits within 30 days of the date of hire for coverage to take effect.

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.