Senior Staff Engineer (Remote)
MD Chevy Chase (Office) - JPS
EICO is seeking an experienced 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 Staff Engineer works with our Staff and Sr. Engineers to innovate and build new systems, improve and enhance existing systems and 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 ideal candidate has deep technical expertise in their domain.
Position Responsibilities
As a Senior Staff Engineer, you will:
• Focus on multiple areas and provide technical and thought leadership to the enterprise
• Collaborate with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve our toughest problems
• Develop and execute technical software development strategy for a variety of domains
• Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions
• Utilize programming languages like Java or other object-oriented languages, SQL, and NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Azure tools and services
• Be a role model and mentor, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community. Influence and educate executives
• Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams
• 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
Qualifications
• Exemplary ability to design, perform experiments, and influence engineering direction and product roadmap
• Experience partnering with engineering teams and transferring research to production
• Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code
• In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms
• Experience solving analytical problems with quantitative approaches
• Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment
• Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, operations, real-time communication)
• Fluency and Specialization with at least two modern languages such as Java, C++, Python or C# including object-oriented design
• Experience with Micro-services oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs
• Experience building the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems
• Fluency in DevOps Concepts, Cloud Architecture, and Azure DevOps Operational Framework
• Experience in existing Operational Portals such as Azure Portal
• Experience with application monitoring tools and performance assessments
• In depth knowledge of Datacenter structure, capabilities and offerings, including the Azure platform, and its native services including the Azure platform and its native services
• Track-record of publications history in credible conferences and journals (preferred)
• Experience in leveraging PowerShell scripting (preferred)
• Experience in security protocols and products: Understanding of Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, OAuth (preferred)
• Experience in Azure Network (Subscription, Security zoning, etc.) (preferred)
Experience
• 10+ years of professional software development experience within a Java framework (J2EE, web containers and Java)
• 8+ years of experience with architecture and design
• 6+ years of experience in open-source frameworks
• 4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service
Education
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience
Annual Salary
$130,000.00 - $260,000.00The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.
Benefits:
As an Associate, you’ll enjoy our Total Rewards Program* to help secure your financial future and preserve your health and well-being, including:
- 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
*Benefits may be different by location. Benefit eligibility requirements vary and may include length of service.
**Coverage begins on the date of hire. Must enroll in New Hire Benefits within 30 days of the date of hire for coverage to take effect.
The equal employment opportunity policy of the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.
GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and associates. GEICO also provides a work environment in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the best of their ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for all associates and applicants.
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Tasks- Analyze cost and forecast
- Analyze costs and forecasts
- Collaborate with Product Managers
- Collaborate with teams
- Develop and execute technical software development strategy
- Develop software strategy
- Enhance existing systems
- Evaluate operational processes
- Improve processes
- Innovate and build new systems
- Lead technical strategy
- Measure outcomes
- Mentor engineers
- Share best practices
- Share best practices and improve processes
- Support resource requirements
Active Directory Algorithms Analytical APIs Application monitoring Applications Architecture Authentication AWS Azure Azure DevOps Azure DevOps Operational Framework Azure Network Azure Portal Azure tools Azure tools and services Building C C++ Cloud Cloud Architecture Communication Container Orchestration Containers Continuous delivery Continuous Improvement CS Data Structures CS data structures and algorithms Data Structures Data structures and algorithms Deployment Design Design Patterns Developer Tooling DevOps DevOps Concepts Docker Engineering GCP Infrastructure as Code Java Kubernetes Leadership Microservices Monitoring Monitoring tools NoSQL OAUTH Object-oriented design Operations Organization PowerShell PowerShell scripting Programming languages Python Real-time Communication Reliability REST REST APIs SAML Scripting Security Security protocols Software Development Software development life cycle Source Code SQL Task Management Technical Roadmap Windows Windows Authentication
EducationComputer Science Equivalent Equivalent Education Equivalent education or work experience Information Systems Work experience
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