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

$90,000 - $230,000/Yr

Geico - Chevy Chase, MD

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Chevy Chase, MD

Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

About the position

The Staff Engineer at GEICO is responsible for driving the transformation of the insurance business through the development of high-performance platforms and applications. This role involves collaborating with various teams to innovate and enhance existing systems while leading the technical roadmap to improve product delivery and engineering capabilities. The ideal candidate will possess deep technical expertise, particularly in open-source database platforms, and will play a key role in fostering a culture of continuous improvement and psychological safety within the engineering team.

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 teams to strengthen technical expertise.
• Influence and educate executives on technical matters.
• Implement best practices and improve processes within and across teams.
• Analyze costs and forecast, incorporating them into business plans.
• Support resource requirements and evaluate operational processes to ensure desired results.
• Take on-call and operational support responsibilities.

Requirements

• Proficiency in Go programming language and advanced knowledge of at least one other OOP language (e.g., Python, Java, C#).
• 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 such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Familiarity with open-source databases like MySQL and PostgreSQL, and No-SQL databases like MongoDB and Cassandra.
• 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

• Experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or hybrid data centers.
• Knowledge of big data and streaming data pipeline architecture (Lambda/Kappa).
• Experience with open-source tools like GIT, Jenkins, CircleCI, and knowledge of Terraform/Ansible.
• Familiarity with ML and AI technologies.
• Knowledge of 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