PLAID Staff Engineer

​​GEICO is seeking an experienced 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 Engineer is a lead 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.   

Position Responsibilities 

​​As a Staff Engineer, you will: 

• ​Focus on multiple areas and provide leadership to the engineering teams 

• ​Own complete solution across its entire life cycle 

• ​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, and performance of the solutions 

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

• ​Utilize programming languages like .NET, Python, 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 

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Qualifications 

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

• ​Experience in building products using micro-services oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs 

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

• ​Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code 

• ​Fluency in DevOps Concepts, Cloud Architecture, and Azure DevOps Operational Framework 

• ​Experience in leveraging PowerShell scripting 

• ​Experience in existing Operational Portals such as Azu