Geico

Engineering Director

Geico$140K — $300K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years leading engineering teams with measurable outcomes.
  • 7+ years in enterprise software development in languages like Java, C#, or C/C++.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
  • Experience designing globally distributed systems with emphasis on reliability and scale.
  • Proficient with data/query and automation tools like T-SQL and JavaScript.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver measurable impact by shipping enterprise capabilities on time.
  • Provide a scalable, performant platform for team integrations.
  • Validate AI/agentic solutions through rapid POCs and pilots.
  • Modernize platform components to public cloud for improved efficiency.
  • Define best practices and playbooks for consistent delivery across teams.
  • Improve operational health through automation of common failure modes.
  • Execute agile planning with transparent reporting of delivery metrics.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional growth and development.
  • Supportive company culture with a focus on innovation.
  • Potential for relocation assistance to preferred locations.
Full Job Description
We seek a highly motivated Engineering Director to build and scale an AI-first, agentic-first GEICO Enterprise Platform that measurably improves associate experience while meeting enterprise standards for availability, reliability, performance, and compliance.

Location: Preference is for the candidate to be based in Seattle or Dallas.

Reports To: Head of Enterprise Experience Engineering Technology

As a successful Geico Enterprise Engineering Director, you will:-
  • Deliver measurable business impact by shipping prioritized enterprise experience capabilities on schedule, with clear adoption and outcome metrics.
  • Provide a scalable, performant platform (services + onboarding) that enables teams to integrate quickly, with standardized patterns and reusable components.
  • Validate AI/agentic solutions through rapid POCs and production pilots, documenting learnings, risks, and recommended standards for enterprise reuse.
  • Modernize and migrate targeted platform components to the public cloud to improve elasticity, cost efficiency, and time-to-scale.
  • Define and socialize reference architectures, best practices, and implementation playbooks that raise consistency and delivery velocity across partner teams.
  • Improve operational health by increasing automation for common failure modes and reducing repeat incidents through durable engineering fixes.
  • Execute predictable delivery via agile planning and transparent reporting of scope, risks, dependencies, and platform scale/performance requirements.
  • Raise engineering quality by enforcing code standards, reviews, and performance best practices across the platform.
  • Deliver end-to-end observability by instrumenting telemetry, dashboards, and alerting from day one for all critical services.
  • Use telemetry and customer-of-IT (associate) signals to make data-driven design tradeoffs and demonstrate improvements over time.


Preferred Experience:
  • 3+ years leading and developing high-performing engineering teams, with evidence of delivery and measurable outcomes.
  • 7+ years building enterprise software in one or more languages (e.g., Java, C#, C/C++), with strong object-oriented design fundamentals.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Sience, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent experience).
  • Proven ability to design globally distributed systems (queuing/workflows, load balancing, caching, storage, and service-to-service communication) with reliability and scale in mind.
  • Working proficiency in data/query and automation tooling (e.g., T-SQL, JavaScript/TypeScript, PowerShell) to enable self-service, operational excellence, and repeatable delivery.


Annual Salary
$140,000.00 - $300,000.00
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.

About Geico

GEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company) is an American auto insurance company with headquarters in Chevy Chase, Maryland. It is the second largest auto insurer in the United States, after State Farm. GEICO is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway that provides coverage for more than 24 million motor vehicles owned by more than 15 million policy holders as of 2017. GEICO writes private passenger automobile insurance in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. The insurance agency sells policies through local agents, called GEICO Field Representatives, and over the phone directly to the consumer, and through their website.
Learn more about Geico
Size
40,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1936

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