PaaS Distinguished Software Engineer
Company: GEICO
Location: Tempe
Posted on: May 4, 2024
Job Description:
GEICO is seeking a -Distinguished Software Development Engineer
-to join our Platform as a Service Engineering team that brings a
passion for building high performance, low-latency platforms, and
applications. You will help drive our insurance business
transformation and platform engineering domain modernization as we
redefine experience for our customers.
Our -Distinguished Software Development Engineer -works with both
our Principal and Senior Engineers to innovate and build new
systems, improve and enhance existing systems as well as identify
new opportunities to apply your knowledge to solve critical
problems. You will lead Strategy and Execution of a technical
roadmap that will increase the velocity of delivering products and
unlock new engineering capabilities. The ideal candidate has deep
technical expertise building out PaaS platforms and services and
experience developing large scale Enterprise systems and
services.
Position Responsibilities:
As a -Distinguished Engineer, you will:
- Focus in a few key areas and provide technical and thought
leadership to the enterprise
- Collaborate with product managers, team members, customers, and
other engineering teams to solve our toughest problems
- Develop and execute technical software development strategy for
the Platform Engineering domain
- Be accountable for the quality, usability & performance of the
solutions
- Show deep hands-on experience in complex system design and data
pipeline and architectures, scale and performance, tuning, with
good knowledge on Docker and Kubernetes
- Be fluent at least two OOP languages: Java, Go, python, C++etc
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- Understand open-source databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.,
familiar with No-SQL databases like Cassandra, MongoDB,
Elasticsearch (Knowledge with NewSQL database like TIDB or
YugabyteDB will be a plus)
- Also be familiar with languages such as: C, PHP, Shell
Scripting -
- Be a role model and mentor, helping to coach and strengthen the
technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product
community
- Influence and educate executives
- Consistently share best practices and improve processes within
and across teams
- Analyze cost and forecast, incorporating them into business
plans
- Determine and support resource requirements, evaluate
operational processes, measure outcomes to ensure desired results,
demonstrate adaptability and sponsor continuous learning
Qualifications:
- Exemplary ability to design, perform experiments, and influence
engineering direction and product roadmap
- Experience partnering with engineering teams and transferring
research to production
- Track-record of publications history in credible conferences
and journals
- Practical knowledge of working in Agile environment
(Scrum/Kanban/SAFe)
- Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as
code.
- In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms
- Experience solving analytical problems with quantitative
approaches
- Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment
- Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development
life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment,
operations, real-time communication)
- Experience building open-source database platforms with
emphasis on building enterprise scale RDMS and NoSQL platforms
- Experience building data streams with Kafka and Container
technology (Docker and Kubernetes) Experience:
- 10+ years of professional software development experience
- 8+ years of experience with architecture and design
- 6+ years of experience in open source frameworks
- 4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud
service
- 3+ years of people management experience Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or
equivalent education or work experience #LI-AL1
- Annual Salary $110,000.00 - $261,500.00 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 Total Rewards
Program* to help secure your financial future and preserve your
health and well-being, including:
- Premier Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with no waiting
period**
- Paid Vacation, Sick and Parental Leave
- 401(k) Plan
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Paid Training and Licensures *Benefits may be different by
location. - Benefit eligibility requirements vary and may include
length of service. **Coverage begins on the date of hire. Must
enroll in New Hire Benefits within 30 days of the date of hire for
coverage to take effect. The equal employment opportunity policy of
the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment
opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of
race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age,
gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital
status, familial status, disability or genetic information, in
compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. GEICO
hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their
qualifications for the job to be filled. GEICO reasonably
accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them
to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the
essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would
impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all
applicants and associates. GEICO also provides a work environment
in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the
best of their ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere
of intimidation or harassment. We expect and require the
cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free
from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for
all associates and applicants.
Keywords: GEICO, Scottsdale , PaaS Distinguished Software Engineer, IT / Software / Systems , Tempe, Arizona
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