Geico

Manager, Staff Software Engineering - HYBRID

Geico$120K — $300K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Proven management experience leading teams of 5+ engineers
  • Strong background in delivering digital products at scale
  • Fluency in a modern programming language (e.g. Python, Java)
  • Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Proven ability to learn new technical concepts and adapt rapidly
  • Strong knowledge of Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
  • Proficient in Project Management tools like GitHub and Azure DevOps
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines in a commercial insurance context

Responsibilities

  • Build and manage a high-performance engineering team
  • Innovate and enhance engineering solutions for commercial insurance
  • Drive execution of a technical roadmap to enhance product delivery
  • Leverage engineering solutions to resolve operational challenges
  • Enhance application performance and improve user experience
  • Promote a culture of psychological safety and continuous improvement

Benefits

  • Personalized development programs and mentorship
  • Certification assistance to further career growth
  • Inclusive and collaborative workplace culture
  • Competitive pay and flexible benefits to support well-being
Full Job Description
Position Summary
GEICO is seeking an experienced Manager, Commercial Insurance Engineering with a passion for building high-performance applications and platforms with generative AI capabilities. You will build and manage a team of engineers with a deep focus on delivering Commercial Insurance products to operate in a highly performant and efficient way. You will help drive our insurance business transformation as we transition from a traditional IT model to a tech organization with engineering excellence as its mission, while co-creating the culture of psychological safety and continuous improvement.

Position Description
Our Manager is an engineering leader who works with the engineering staff to innovate and build new engineering solutions, improve and enhance existing solutions as well as leverage engineering solutions to solve critical operational problems. A Manager will lead execution of a technical roadmap that will increase the velocity of delivering products and unlock new engineering capabilities. The ideal candidate possesses exceptional technical expertise, with a strong ability to enhance application performance, improve user experience, and drive efficient test automation. Additionally, they demonstrate a curious and nuanced understanding of commercial insurance concepts.

Qualifications:
  • Proven management experience leading teams of 5+ engineers
  • Strong background in delivering digital - web and/or mobile - products at scale.
  • Ability to prioritize and drive results based on business value to the organization.
  • Fluency with at least one modern language such as Python, Java and experience with open-source software is a big plus
  • Strong critical thinking, decision making, and problem-solving skills.
  • Proven ability to concentrate and demonstrate a capacity for learning technical concepts and adapting to new technologies quickly
  • Strong Cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure etc.) platform knowledge
  • Proficiency in Project Management and work item management tools such as GitHub and Azure DevOps
  • Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and core computer science concepts
  • Experience with application monitoring tools and performance assessments
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate to both Senior Leadership, highly technical and non-technical audiences
  • Proven experience with CI/CD pipelines and build and release practices in commercial insurance Experience


Experience:
  • 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including software development lifecycle best practices
  • 5+ years of development in a large-scale, mission-critical environment
  • 5+ years of hands-on work experience supervising personnel in a technical environment
  • 2+ years' experience with automated testing including Unit, Integration, and End-to-End functional testing


Education:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience


Annual Salary
$120,000.00 - $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.

The GEICO Pledge:

Great Company: Protecting customers through life's twists and turns with innovation and integrity.

Great Careers:Personalized development programs, mentorship, and certification assistance.

Great Culture:Inclusive and collaborative culture rooted in shared success.

Great Rewards:Competitive pay, benefits, and flexibility to support your well-being and future.

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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