Distinguished Engineer- Payments Platform

$120,000 - $300,500/Yr

Geico - Chevy Chase, MD

Full-time - Senior

Chevy Chase, MD

Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

About the position

The Distinguished Engineer at GEICO will play a pivotal role in transforming the insurance business by building a Payments Platform from the ground up. This position focuses on engineering excellence, fostering a culture of psychological safety, and continuous improvement. The engineer will lead the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap aimed at enhancing product delivery and unlocking new engineering capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Define the engineering direction and roadmap for the new Payments Platform that aligns with business goals.
• Lead the development of the Payments Platform, ensuring security, resilience, compliance, and correctness.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members, sharing knowledge and best practices.
• Maintain high standards for technical decision-making and engineering artifacts such as code and design documents.
• Stay updated with industry trends and emerging technologies, evaluating their potential impact on payments engineering and making recommendations for adoption.
• Triage and resolve service disruptions, and establish industry-standard mechanisms for prevention and self-healing.
• Influence and educate leadership at all levels.

Requirements

• Deep hands-on experience in full stack system design and implementation of payments and finance systems.
• Proven ability for system architecture and influencing engineering direction and product roadmap.
• Hands-on experience building platforms from the ground up using resiliency patterns, observability, continuous delivery, and infrastructure as code.
• Fluency and specialization with at least two modern programming languages such as GO, Java, Python, or C# including object-oriented design.
• Fluency with RESTful Web Services and Event Driven Architectures.
• Experience with cloud computing tooling across the software development life cycle, with fluency in devops, observability, telemetry, and test automation.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities, focused on delivering results and driving continuous improvement.
• Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and all levels of leadership.
• Experience with Finance, Billing, and Payment platforms preferred.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with CNCF frameworks in cloud-native systems.

Benefits

• 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