Staff Manager – Software Engineering
| Company | Geico |
|---|---|
| Location | Seattle, WA, USA, Indianapolis, IN, USA, Washington, DC, USA, San Francisco, CA, USA, Austin, TX, USA, Los Angeles, CA, USA, San Jose, CA, USA, Miami, FL, USA, Sacramento, CA, USA, Portland, OR, USA, Boulder, CO, USA, Research Triangle, Durham, NC, USA, San Diego, CA, USA |
| Salary | $120000 – $240000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Fluency in at least one modern language (C#/Java/Python preferred)
- Hands-on developing software at least 10-20% of the time.
- Experience with open-source software is a plus
- Working knowledge of functional and object-oriented development paradigms, and design patterns
- Passionate for all things testing (unit, integration, functional, performance, etc.)
- Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and core computer science concepts
- Implemented RESTful and GRPC services, event driven architectures, microservices and libraries
- Knowledge of cloud computing technologies and concepts (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, etc.)
- Knowledge of Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure etc.)
- Experience with application monitoring tools and performance assessments
- Understand of SQL, and NoSQL databases, including stateful services management and storage
- Understand of networking, caches, key/value stores, load balancing, global load balancing, queues, DNS and CDN
- Ability to construct, interpret, and apply metrics for decision-making, prioritization, and progress visibility
- Strong site reliability engineering principles
- Strong passion for technology and engineering excellence
- Exceptional leadership and communication skills
- Effective communication and negotiation abilities
- Adaptability and capacity for learning technical concepts quickly
- Commitment to fostering a culture of trust, accountability, and continuous improvement
- Strategic thinking and the ability to drive projects for positive change
- Ability to construct roadmaps, manage and translate projects into deliverables, adjust priorities, and be able to understand and adjust the team capacity as needed
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with leadership to manage project dependencies, negotiate delivery dates, and ensure the timely completion of projects
- Identify and address project risks, presenting implementable solutions or alternatives
- Understand how requirements and design choices may impact systems across multiple areas
- Initiate and support performance evaluations of team members
- Craft fully compliant quality documentation
- Collaborate with the product teams to understand their pain points around performance, resiliency and formulate strategies to address recurring issues in a sustainable way
- Cultivate a culture of motivation and achievement, building and maintaining trustful relationships with team members
- Address technical or analytical skill gaps, challenging team members to share knowledge and learn new technologies
- Stay up to date with current software engineering best practices
- Craft and deliver persuasive arguments to drive projects for process improvement, cost leadership, and customer experience enhancement
- Manage up to leadership and provide feedback when necessary
- Develop and be accountable for the team budget, reporting on results achieved at regular intervals
- Maintain a mindset of efficiency and utilization improvements
- Contribute significantly to the team planning process, including surfacing team’s proposals
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with open-source software is a plus