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Distinguished Java Engineer - Claims Technology (REMOTE)

Chevy Chase, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 6 Dec 2023

💰 $300,500/yr($110,000/yr – $300,500/yr)

About the role

At GEICO Technology Solutions, we are on a journey to revolutionize the Insurtech space with our technology offerings in the Insurance market and provide excellent service with better efficiency to our Customers and Associates. To achieve our vision and mission, we are focusing on transforming our existing tech to deliver products and capabilities that are marketplace ready and are agnostic of the Line of Business or the Channel utilized.

With this massive mission, we are looking to build a strong team of skilled and talented engineers for our Claims Technology team, with a passion for building high-performance, low-latency platforms, and applications.

If you are interested in transforming and building a new set of applications for Insurtech, this is a great opportunity to join as a leading member of the team while we expand our team in this space.

As a Distinguished Engineer I, you will help drive our insurance business transformation as we redefine experience for our customers. Our Distinguished Engineers work with our Principal and Sr. Engineers, as well as key stakeholders of the business, 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 Distinguished Engineer, you will:

Focus on a few key 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 & performance of the solutions.
Utilize programming languages like .NET, Java, Python, 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
Track-record of publications history in credible conferences and journals
Practical knowledge of working in Agile environment (Scrum/Kanban/SAFe)
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)
Proven technical experience in Technology / Architecture Leadership role
Proven experience building influential and impactful relationships internally and externally to lead and drive change
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Excellent problem-solving skills, proactive, and ability to thrive in an ambiguous environment
Flexible and adaptable to a fast-paced work environment