Senior Engineer – Java (Remote)

Position Summary  

​​GEICO is seeking an experienced Senior Java Engineer with a passion for building high-performance, low maintenance, zero-downtime platforms, and applications from the ground up.  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 Java Back-End Engineer is a key member of the engineering staff working across the organization to provide a friction-less experience to our customers and maintain the highest standards of protection and availability. Our team thrives and succeeds in delivering high quality technology products and services in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift quickly. The ideal candidate has broad and deep technical knowledge, typically ranging from front-end UIs through back-end systems and all points in between, and a proven background in Java, Linux, Microservices, Containers (Kubernetes), and database modeling, performance tuning, query optimization, data sharding, partitioning, building, configuring, and maintaining PostgreSQL.

Position Responsibilities 

​​As a Senior Java Engineer, you will: 

• ​Scope, design, and build scalable, resilient distributed systems

• ​Build product definition and leverage your technical skills to drive towards the right solution

• ​Engage in cross-functional collaboration throughout the entire software lifecycle

• ​Lead in design sessions and code reviews with peers to elevate the quality of engineering across the organization

• ​Define, create, and support reusable application and database components/patterns from a business and technology perspective

• ​Utilize programming languages like JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Python, and Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Azure tools and services across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, operations, real-time communication) to perform advanced-level Java application design and PostgreSQL database design, implementation, and maintenance under minimal direction

• ​Mentor other engineers

• ​Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams

Qualifications 

• Fluency and specialization with at least two modern languages such as Java, C++, or Python including object-oriented design 

• ​Proven understanding of micro-services architecture and extensible REST APIs 

• ​​Advanced understanding of DevOps Concepts and Cloud Architecture 

• Experience building the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems 

• Experience with PostgreSQL database design, implementation, and administration

• ​Experience with application monitoring tools and performance assessments

• Knowledge of security protocols and products: Understanding of Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, OAuth

• Knowledge of Kubernetes or willingness and ability to learn

• ​Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code 

• ​Knowledge of developer tooling a