GEICO is seeking an experienced Engineer with a passion for building high-performance, low-latency platforms and applications. You will help drive our insurance business transformation as we redefine experiences for our customers.  Our Staff Engineer is a technical leader and member of the engineering staff, working across the organization to provide a friction-less experience to our customers and maintain the highest standards of protection and availability. Our team thrives and succeeds in delivering high-quality technology products and services in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift quickly. The ideal candidate has broad and deep technical knowledge, typically ranging from front-end UIs through back-end systems and all points in between. 

​As a Staff Engineer, you will: 

• Focus on multiple areas and provide leadership to engineering teams 

• Own complete solution across its entire life cycle 

• Influence and build vision with product managers, team members, stakeholders, and other engineering teams to solve complex problems for building enterprise-class business applications 

• Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of technical solution 

• Lead in design sessions and code reviews to elevate the quality of engineering across the organization 

• Utilize programming languages like Kotlin, Swift, JavaScript, TypeScript, Dart  

• Mentor team members professionally to help them realize their full potential 

• Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams 

Qualifications 

• Expertise and specialization in at least two modern programming languages such as Kotlin, Swift, JavaScript, TypeScript, Dart 

• In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms 

• Knowledge of dependency injection, state management, and reactive programming (Streams, Coroutines, RX) 

• Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, operations, real-time communication) 

• Deep understanding of modern architecture and design patterns 

• Strong understanding of testing strategies and debugging practices 

• Passion for solving complex problems 

• Excellent communication skills 

• Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment 

Experience 

• 8+ years of professional software development experience in Mobile and Web frameworks/SDKs such as Flutter, Android, iOS, React, and Angular 

• Experience building production applications using Flutter and Dart. 

• Experience working with modern mobile and web software design patterns. 

• Experience building the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems 

• Experience with CI/CD and infrastructure as code 

• Experience developing against REST APIs 

• Experience building features and components in a large codebase. 

• Experience with application monitoring tools and performance assessments 

Education 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience