Senior Java Engineer - Claims Communications Technology (REMOTE)

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 group of skilled and talented engineers for our Claims Communications Technology team that bring 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 core contributor while we expand our team in this space.

Our Senior Engineer is a key member of the engineering staff working across Business Services Engineering, Data Engineering, Platform Engineering, and Infrastructure Engineering to ensure that we provide a friction-less experience to our customers and maintain the highest standards of protection and availability. The ideal candidate has proven Java development experience along with a background in Microservices and Containers Architecture (REST API, Dockers, Kubernetes, ASB) as well as EDA (Event Driven Architecture) using Kafka. Experience in Azure SQL, VM or PostgreSQL is a plus.  

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 components/patterns from a business and technology perspective. 

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

· Mentor other engineers on the team to professionally help them realize their full potential. 

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

 
Qualifications 

· Advanced programming experience with at least two modern languages such as Java, Kotlin, Python or C#, including object-oriented and functional programming 

· Proven understanding of micro-services-oriented architecture, extensible REST APIs and open-source frameworks 

· Experience with Spring Boot and other Spring projects such as Spring Data, Spring Integration Spring MVC, Spring Cloud, etc. 

· Experience with containers and container orchestration such as Docker, Kubernetes etc. 

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

· Experience with event driven architectures and building event driven microservices with pub-sub/streaming technologies such as Kafka 

· Experience with TDD/ATDD/ BDD 

· In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms 

· Strong verbal and written communication skills 

· Excellent problem-solving skills and proactive in troubleshooting 

· Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment 

· Practical knowledge of working in Agile environment (Scrum/Kanban/SAFe) 

Experience 

· 4+ years of Software Development within a Java framework (J2EE, web containers and Java) 

· 3+ years of experience with architecture and design 

· 3+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service 

· 2+ years of experience in open-source frameworks 

Education
· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience

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Annual Salary

$82,000.00 - $185,000.00

The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.

 

At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

 

Benefits:

As an Associate, you’ll enjoy our