Staff Engineer

Company	Geico
Location	Bethesda, MD, USA
Salary	$115000 – $230000
Type	Full-Time
Degrees	Bachelor’s
Experience Level	Senior, Expert or higher

Requirements

Fluency and Specialization with modern languages such as Java, including object-oriented design.
Experience in building products using micro-services oriented architecture and extensible APIs.
Experience building the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems.
Experience containerizing applications using Docker or Kubernetes (AKS preferred)
Experience designing and implementing performance testing with tools such as JMeter or LoadRunner
Familiarity with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code.
Experience in leveraging Powershell scripting
Understanding of Monitoring Portals such as Splunk or Application Insights
Understanding of Security Protocols & Products: Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, OAuth
Strong familiarity with GraphQL web services
Experience and passion for documentation and mentoring junior developers
Understanding of CI/CD tooling like Jenkins, Gradle, and Artifactory
Strong problem-solving ability
Hands-on experience with real-time event-steaming platforms such as Apache Kafka
Familiarity with NoSQL and Graph databases
Experience writing unit tests using common testing frameworks and actively contributing to code quality
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)
6+ years of professional software development experience
3+ years of experience with architecture and design
3+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service
4+ years of experience in open source frameworks
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience.

Responsibilities

Focus on a few key areas and provide leadership to the engineering teams.
Own complete solution across its entire life cycle.
Design and implement messaging and UI applications using the Java platform and Open Source frameworks.
Collaborate with engineering team to define the overall system architecture, ensuring scalability, fault tolerance, and performance optimization.
Act as a technical and thought leader for domains like Messaging, GraphQL API, or data streaming.
Influence and build vision with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve complex problems for building enterprise-class business applications.
Accountable for the quality, usability & performance of the solutions.
Implement monitoring and logging solutions to track system performance and troubleshoot issues.
Lead in design sessions and code reviews to elevate the quality of engineering across the organization.
Utilize programming languages like Java, SQL, and NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Azure tools and services.
Mentor more junior team members professionally to help them realize their full potential.
Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience containerizing applications using Docker or Kubernetes (AKS preferred)
Familiarity with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code.
Understanding of Monitoring Portals such as Splunk or Application Insights
Understanding of Security Protocols & Products: Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, OAuth
Strong familiarity with GraphQL web services
Experience and passion for documentation and mentoring junior developers
Understanding of CI/CD tooling like Jenkins, Gradle, and Artifactory
Hands-on experience with real-time event-steaming platforms such as Apache Kafka
Familiarity with NoSQL and Graph databases