Job Specifications
At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities.
Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive through relentless innovation to exceed our customers’ expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose.
When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported and proud to work here. That’s why we offer The GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers.
Our Engineer II in Solutions Engineering will engineer solutions and empower the developer community with experiences, tools, and automated processes that reduce friction and improve developer satisfaction, flow, and cycle-times. This role will be heavily centered around engineer solutions with the goal to improve developer flow, reduce cycle times, and provide fast feedback loops. An important outcome of developer productivity engineering is to give developers hours back in the week in the developer experience so they can focus on accelerating solution delivery. The ideal candidate has broad and deep technical knowledge supporting Full Stack development and developer productivity platforms with a strong understanding of data structures and algorithms.
Position Responsibilities
As an Engineer II, you will:
Scope, design, and build scalable, resilient distributed systems
Engage in cross-functional collaboration throughout the entire software lifecycle
Build product definition and leverage your technical skills to drive towards the right solution
Participate in design sessions and code reviews to elevate the quality of engineering across the organization
Utilize programming languages like GO, Java, Typescript, React, HTML, Python, C# or other object-oriented languages, SQL, and NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Azure tools and services
Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams
Qualifications
Programming experience with at least one modern language such as GO, Java, C++, Python or C# including object-oriented design
Understanding of micro-services-oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs
Understanding of micro frontends
Experience contributing to the architecture and design of new and current systems (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling)
Experience writing highly complex YAML pipeline/workflow code in GitHub
Experience writing highly complex docker files or other containerization technologies such as Podman, Kaniko, containerd, etc.
Experience writing highly complex YAML code for containers orchestration on different compute platforms
Understanding of DevOps Concepts, Cloud Architecture and Azure DevOps Operational Framework
Intermediate PowerShell scripting skills
Experience in Datacenter structure, capabilities, and offerings, including the Azure platform and its native services
Understanding of security protocols and products: understanding of Azure Active, Directory, Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, OAuth
In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms
Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, operations, real-time communication)
Strong problem-solving ability
Strong oral and written communication skills
Analysis and Estimation skills
Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment
Experience
2+ years of professional platform development or general development experience
2+ years of experience with architecture and design
2+ 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
$80,000.00 - $160,000.00
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.
The GEICO Pledge
Great Company: At GEICO, we help our customers through life’s twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and we’re constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs.
We’re an iconic brand that thrives on innovation, exceeding our customers’ expectations and enabling our collective success. From day one, you’ll take on exciting challenges that help you grow and collaborate with dynamic teams who want to make a positive impact on people’s l
About the Company
GEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company) offers a variety of insurance such as vehicle, property, business, life, umbrella, travel, pet, jewelry and more. The company, which was founded in 1936, is the third-largest auto insurer in the United States and insures vehicles in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. GEICO, a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies, constantly strives to make lives better by protecting people against unexpected events while saving them money and providing an outstanding customer e...
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