Senior Engineer – Mobile (Android) (REMOTE)

Position Summary   
GEICO is seeking an experienced Senior 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 Senior Engineer is a key member of the engineering staff working on Mobile/Web solutions ensuring that we 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 Senior 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 components/patterns from a business and technology perspective  

·       ​Utilize programming languages like Kotlin, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Dart, Python, C#, SQL, and NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Azure tools and services

·      ​Mentor other engineers   

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

·      ​Utilize developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, operations, real-time communication) to perform advanced-level Mobile/Web/UI design, implementation, and maintenance activities under minimal direction  

Qualifications  

·       Fluency and specialization with at least two modern languages such as Kotlin, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, JSX, Dart, Python, C++, or C# including object-oriented design 

·      Proven understanding of micro-services architecture and extensible REST APIs  

·      Experience in leveraging PowerShell scripting 

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

·      ​Experience in existing Operational Portals such as Azure Portal  

·      ​Experience with application monitoring tools and performance assessments  

·      ​Experience in Datacenter structure, capabilities, and offerings, including the Azure platform, and its native services  

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