Distinguished Software Engineer – Data Lakehouse Platform (REMOTE)

Distinguished Software Engineer – Data Lakehouse Platform (REMOTE) 

Position Summary 
GEICO is seeking an experienced Engineer with a passion for building high-performance, low maintenance, zero-downtime platforms, and core data infrastructure. 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 Distinguished Engineer is a key member of the engineering staff working across the organization to innovate and bring the best open-source data infrastructure and practices into Geico as we embark on a greenfield project to implement a core Data Lakehouse for all Geico’s core data use-cases across each of the company’s business verticals. 

Position Responsibilities 
As a Distinguished Engineer, you will: 

• Provide comprehensive technical and thought leadership across diverse areas within the enterprise. 

• Develop and execute technical software development strategies spanning various domains. 

• Influence and educate leadership at all organizational levels. 

• Lead architecture sessions and reviews with peers and leadership 

• Scope, design, and build scalable, resilient Data Lakehouse components 

• Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions 

• Spearhead new software evaluations and innovate with new tooling 

• Analyze cost and forecast, incorporating them into business plans 

• Determine and support resource requirements, evaluate operational processes, measure outcomes to ensure desired results, and demonstrate adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning 

• Collaborate with customers, team members, and other engineering teams to solve our toughest problems 

• Be a role model and mentor, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering community 

• Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams 

• Influence and educate peers and leadership 

• Share your passion for staying on top of the latest open-source projects, experimenting with, and learning recent technologies, participating in internal and external technology communities, and mentoring other members of the engineering community 

 
Qualifications 

• Exemplary ability to design and develop, perform experiments, and influence engineering direction and product roadmap 

• Advanced experience developing new and enhancing existing open- source based Data Lakehouse platform components 

• Experience cultivating relationships with and contributing to open-source software projects. 

• Advanced experience with open-source table formats (Apache Iceberg, Delta, Hudi or equivalent) 

• Advanced experience with open-source compute engines (Apache Spark, Apache Flink, Trino/Presto, or equivalent) 

• Experience with cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, or equivalent) 

• Expertise in developing distributed systems that are scalable, resilient, and …