JobsUSASenior Staff Software Engineer - Search PaaS
Company : GEICO
Location : Chevy Chase, MD, 20815
Posted Date : 15 September 2025
Job Type : Other
Category : Software Development
Occupation : Software Engineer
Job Details
A Senior Staff Software Engineer works with Geico engineering teams 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 help lead the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap to deliver on a 'best in-class' Search platform. The ideal candidate has technical understanding in distributed software systems, open-source software, running large-scale systems and domain knowledge in search and data engine technologies like relational and non-relational data engines.
Position Responsibilities
As a Senior Staff Engineer, you will:
- Provide technical leadership to multiple areas and provide technical and thought leadership to the enterprise
- Collaborate across team members and across the tech organization to solve our toughest problems
- Develop and execute technical software development strategy
- Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions
- Write and test product or system development code.
- Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
- Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
- Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.
- Utilize Java, Go, Python along with domain specific languages such as SQL/NoSQL and search database technologies, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes services
- 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, and demonstrate adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning
- Experience operating at scale with data search engines like OpenSearch, Solr, etc.
- Exemplary ability to design, perform experiments, and influence engineering direction and product roadmap
- Exemplary ability to design, perform experiments, and influence engineering direction and product roadmap
- Experience partnering with engineering teams and transferring research to production
- Fluency in search and relational/nonrelation data engines
- Deep hands-on experience in building complex PaaS systems in large scale business focused systems
- Fluency in coding, debugging and tooling using the Java language
- Experience with Golang
- Strong knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms
- 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 the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems
- Fluency in DevOps Concepts, Cloud Architecture, and Azure DevOps Operational Framework
- Experience in existing Operational tools available on platforms such as Azure, AWS or GCP
- Experience with application monitoring tools and performance assessments
- Experience with OpenSearch or Sol
- Minimum 10 years of experience developing backend applications
- 8+ years of experience with architecture and design
- Proficiency with coding, debugging and tooling using Java language and experience with Go language
- Minimum 6 years of experience developing large-scale applications or distributed systems
- Strong data structures and algorithms knowledge
- Minimum 1 year experience with cloud services such as AWS, GCP or Azure
- Experience search platforms like OpenSearch or Solr
$130,000.00 - $260,000.00
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.
GEICO will consider sponsoring a new qualified 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
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.
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