Senior Software Engineer – IaaS (VM-as-a-Service) REMOTE

Position Summary 

GEICO is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer with a passion for building high performance, low maintenance, zero-downtime platforms, and applications. 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 Senior Software Engineer works with our Sr. Staff Engineers, and Sr. Engineers to innovate and build new systems, improve, and enhance existing systems as well as identify new opportunities to apply your knowledge to solve critical problems. You will lead the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap that will increase the velocity of delivering products and unlock new engineering capabilities. The Cluster Management team is driving the development of the next-gen Kubernetes-based VM-as-a-Service platform, prioritizing security, reliability, scalability, and efficiency. We seek a candidate with deep technical expertise in designing, building, and maintaining secure cluster management systems on Azure and OpenStack IaaS, at scale across physical and public cloud environments.

Position Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams, customers, and product managers to address challenges.

• Own solution quality, usability, and performance.

• Mentor and exemplify technical excellence, influencing the engineering and product community.

• Share best practices, refine processes, and drive continuous improvement.

• Fulfill on-call responsibilities and offer operational support.

Qualifications

• Experience in multi-cluster metrics, observability, and operations utilizing frameworks such as Grafana and Prometheus.

• In-depth understanding of containerization technologies, including Docker, Podman, and Rancher.

• In-depth knowledge and practical experience in Linux operating systems, internals, and command-line utilities.

• Proven expertise in optimizing CI/CD for streamlined Kubernetes deployment and configuration using GitOps and ArgoCD.

• Hands-on experience in public and/or private cloud environments, including OpenStack, Kubernetes, Azure, AWS, and GCP.

• Experience in API, Microservices, network, and security architectures, incorporating design patterns.

• Strong foundations in software engineering, encompassing the entire software delivery lifecycle.

• Professional experience in software development using modern programming languages like Go, Python, or Java.

• Fluent in DevOps concepts and cloud architecture, with a strong foundation in Shell scripting.

• Strong problem-solving abilities with a proactive approach to risk mitigation, along with excellent communication skills to convey technical concepts to diverse audiences.

• Demonstrated ability to excel in dynamic, startup-like environments, showcasing adaptability and resilience.

Experience

• 3+ years in IaaS/PaaS software development, specializing in VM provisioning using some cloud platform.

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in open-source frameworks.

• 3+ years dedicated to …