Summary:  

Are you passionate about building enterprise level cloud-native platforms at scale? GEICO's Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) - Serverless team is looking for a Staff Engineer to help design, build, and evolve our Application Container Services (ACS) platform, enabling our engineering teams to deploy and operate modern cloud workloads with speed, reliability, and confidence. 

Description: 

Our Staff Engineer is a lead member of the engineering staff working across the PaaS Serverless organization to deliver a friction-free experience for our PaaS customers. You will partner with Managers, Sr. Staff, and Engineers to innovate and build new systems, enhance existing ones, and identify new opportunities to solve critical problems at enterprise scale. The ideal candidate brings a deep understanding of Cloud technologies, risk analysis, engineering best practices, and strategic planning with the ability to design and implement highly scalable, available, and reliable systems with effective observability. 

As a Staff Engineer, you will do: 

• Influence and build technical vision with engineering teams, product partners, and leadership to solve complex platform challenges 

• Architect scalable, reliable, and secure cloud-native solutions using modern technologies and best practices 

• Lead design sessions and code reviews that elevate engineering quality across the organization 

• Drive platform modernization initiatives, including infrastructure lifecycle management and migration tooling 

• Champion observability, security compliance, and production reliability across all platform services 

• Adopt and promote AI-driven development practices to accelerate delivery and improve developer experience 

• Mentor junior engineers and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement 

• Collaborate cross-functionally to support critical product teams through production readiness and go-live milestones 

As a Staff Engineer, you will bring: 

• Deep expertise in Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies (Knative, KEDA, ArgoCD, Istio / Service mesh) 

• Hands-on experience with Azure Cloud services and infrastructure-as-code 

• Proficiency in one or more programming languages: Go, Python, Java, C#.NET, or PowerShell 

• Solid understanding of GitOps workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and container security best practices 

• A collaborative, ownership-driven mindset with experience leading platform-scale initiatives 

Qualifications:  

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in a senior or lead engineering role 

• 4+ years of experience in open-source technologies such as Kubernetes.  

• Proven experience designing and operating large-scale PaaS or cloud-native platforms in production 

• Deep hands-on expertise with Kubernetes and the broader cloud-native ecosystem (Knative, KEDA, ArgoCD, Istio, Service Mesh) 

• Experience with Azure Functions, Azure App Services, AKS, or serverless compute platforms.  

• Strong proficiency in one or more languages: Go, Python, C#.NET, Java or PowerShell 

• Experience with GitOps and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform 

• Demonstrated ability to lead technical design, architecture reviews, and cross-team engineering initiatives 

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on reliability, scalability, and observability 

• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Cursor, or Copilot) 

• Experience with FinOps practices and cloud cost optimization strategies 

Education: 

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience