Staff Software Engineer

At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities. 

Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive through relentless innovation to exceed our customers’ expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose. 

When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported and proud to work here. That’s why we offer The GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers.

Staff – Software Engineer 

Position Summary GEICO is seeking an experienced software 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 Staff Software Engineer works with the team and the broader org 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 and own 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 a deep understanding of technology, risk management, site reliability engineering principles, and strategic planning to design and implement resilient systems that safeguard our business from potential threats. 

Position Responsibilities 

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will: 

• Develop and drive the overall strategy for the Data Safeguard organization, aligning it with the organization's business goals and objectives. 

• Provide thought leadership in Data Safeguard, staying ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies to enhance our backup/restore posture. 

• Conduct comprehensive risk assessments to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities 

• Design and implement robust strategies to ensure data safety, integrity and correctness 

• Lead the design and architecture of resilient and scalable systems, considering both on-premises and cloud-based solutions. 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate data safeguard best practices into the development and deployment processes. 

• Develop and maintain comprehensive incident response plans to address various disaster scenarios on our backup/restore systems. 

• Conduct regular simulations and drills to ensure the readiness of the organization in the event 

• of a disaster. 

• Hands-on software engineering and SDLC best practices (Technical Review Documents, Architecture, Software Development, Software Reviews, Testing, Production Readiness Reviews, among others) 

• Evaluate, select, and implement cutting-edge technologies and tools to enhance our data safeguard capabilities including but not limited to processes, compliance, and visibility. 

• Stay current with industry best practices and emerging technologies to continuously improve our data safeguard capabilities. 

• Work closely with executive leadership, tech teams, and other stakeholders to communicate the importance of data safeguarding and foster a culture of resilience. 

• Act as a trusted advisor, providing guidance on backups/restores and security of data, matters to technical and non-