Staff Software Engineer (Data Controls & Standards)

$70,000 - $261,500/Yr

Geico - Chevy Chase, MD

Full-time - Senior

Chevy Chase, MD

Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

About the position

The Staff Engineer - Data Controls & Standards at GEICO is a senior-level role focused on building high-performance, low-maintenance platforms and applications. This position plays a crucial role in transforming the insurance business by transitioning from a traditional IT model to a tech organization that emphasizes engineering excellence. The engineer will work collaboratively across the organization to enhance customer experience while ensuring the highest standards of data protection and availability. The ideal candidate will possess extensive technical knowledge across various systems and will thrive in a fast-paced, hyper-growth environment.

Responsibilities

• Scope, design, and build scalable, resilient distributed systems.
• Design, develop, and implement enterprise data governance solutions.
• Design, develop, and implement data quality solutions.
• Design, develop, and implement solutions to manage data products, data contracts, and data dictionaries.
• Design, develop, and implement data lineage solutions.
• Build product definition and leverage technical skills to drive towards the right solution.
• Engage in cross-functional collaboration throughout the entire software lifecycle.
• Lead design sessions and code reviews with peers to elevate the quality of engineering across the organization.
• Define, create, and support reusable application components/patterns from a business and technology perspective.
• Mentor other engineers.
• Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams.

Requirements

• 4+ years of professional software development experience with JAVA programming or OOP style language.
• 3+ years of experience with architecture and design.
• 3+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service.
• 2+ years of experience in open-source frameworks.
• Experience contributing to the architecture and design of new and current systems.
• Experience developing and scaling open-source applications such as Datahub, Soda, DBT, etc.
• Experience with programming languages like Java, Python, SQL, and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with GIT and version control concepts including branching, merging, and conflict resolution.
• Experience with Open-Source Data Governance solutions like Datahub a plus.
• Experience in the complete software development life cycle and knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle.
• Experience with container orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and various Azure tools and services.
• Experience with relational and non-relational database technologies (SQL, Oracle, CosmosDB, Postgres, NoSQL etc.).
• Experience with Load test tooling (Gatling or equivalent).
• Experience with API development and integration, Spring Boot Framework and other Spring technologies.
• Experience with Data Observability tools such as Splunk, Grafana, Loki, Prometheus or equivalents.
• Proven understanding and experience with microservices oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs and GraphQL.
• Advanced understanding of DevOps concepts including Azure DevOps framework and tools.
• Understanding and experience working with CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins, Gradle, Artifactory, Microsoft Azure DevOps.
• Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code.
• Advanced shell scripting skills.
• Advanced understanding of monitoring concepts and tooling.
• Experience specifically with React (Clean Architecture) or Angular and GIT.
• Strong problem-solving ability.
• Ability to excel in a fast-paced environment.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Data Observability tools such as Splunk, Grafana, Loki, Prometheus or equivalents.
• Experience with Open-Source Data Governance solutions like Datahub a plus.

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