Staff Engineer - (GO, Python, FullStack/React)- REMOTE

Geico - Chevy Chase, MD

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Chevy Chase, MD

5,001-10,000 employees

Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

About the position

The Staff Engineer at GEICO plays a crucial role in transforming the insurance business by transitioning from a traditional IT model to a tech-focused organization. This position involves innovating and building new systems, enhancing existing ones, and leading the technical roadmap to improve product delivery and engineering capabilities. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background, particularly in open-source database platforms, and will contribute to a culture of psychological safety and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and thought leadership across multiple areas of the enterprise.
• Collaborate with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve complex problems.
• Develop and execute a technical software development strategy for the Platform Engineering domain.
• Ensure the quality, usability, and performance of solutions.
• Mentor and coach engineering and product community members to strengthen technical expertise.
• Share best practices and improve processes within and across teams.
• Analyze costs and incorporate them into business plans.
• Support resource requirements and evaluate operational processes to ensure desired results.
• Take on-call and operation support as needed.

Requirements

• Proficiency in Go programming language and advanced knowledge of at least one other OOP language (Python, Java, C#, etc.).
• Deep hands-on experience in complex system design, data pipeline architectures, and performance tuning.
• Good knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes.
• Advanced knowledge of web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript preferred).
• Familiarity with open-source databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and No-SQL databases (Cassandra, MongoDB, etc.).
• Experience in architecting and designing automation workflows and custom applications in BMC Helix platform.
• Strong understanding of web service integration (REST/SOAP) and enterprise middleware integration.
• Excellent communication skills for leading projects and interacting with clients.
• Experience with continuous delivery (CI/CD) and Infrastructure as Code.
• In-depth knowledge of data structures and algorithms.

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge in big data and streaming data pipeline architecture (Lambda/Kappa).
• Experience with open-source tools like GIT/Jenkins/CircleCI, and knowledge in Terraform/Ansible.
• Familiarity with ML and AI technologies.
• Experience with open-source monitoring software like Grafana and Prometheus.

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.