Staff Software Engineer - Underwriting Services Platform Team - Hybrid
About the role
At GEICO, we’re transforming how insurance works—from the inside out. As a Staff Software Engineer on our Underwriting Services Team, you’ll play a pivotal role in building and scaling the next generation of our underwriting platform across all lines of business. This is a high-impact role where your technical leadership will directly influence how millions of customers experience GEICO.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and production rollout of enterprise-grade applications powering core underwriting capabilities
- Own solutions end-to-end—from concept and design through deployment, optimization, and long-term evolution
- Drive architectural discussions, review designs and code, and elevate engineering standards across teams
- Mentor and grow junior engineers, fostering a culture of learning, craftsmanship, and accountability
- Partner closely with Product Managers and Underwriting Operations to deliver measurable business outcomes
- Influence technical direction and educate stakeholders at all levels, from engineers to senior leadership
- Champion best practices, innovation, and continuous improvement across the engineering organization
- Lead modernization efforts, including migrating and transforming legacy systems
- Ensure solutions meet high standards for quality, performance, reliability, and usability
Requirements
- 6+ years of professional software development experience with demonstrated impact in lead or principal-level roles
- 4+ years of experience driving architectural design and leading large-scale system initiatives
- 4+ years of experience working with open-source frameworks
- 4+ years of hands-on cloud experience (AWS, Azure, GCP, or similar)
- Expertise in at least one modern programming language such as Java, Go, or C++
- Proven ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Strong autonomy in solving complex problems, including diagnosing and resolving critical production issues
- Deep understanding of system architecture, design patterns, scalability, reliability, and performance
- Extensive experience collaborating with senior engineers and technical leaders to shape engineering strategy
- Strong knowledge of DevOps, cloud architecture, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code
- Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP, including native cloud services
- Practical experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies
- Solid foundation in computer science, including data structures and algorithms
- A proactive mindset toward identifying and mitigating security risks
- Experience building AI/ML-powered products, including conversational interfaces or applications leveraging LLMs
Qualifications
- Expertise in at least one modern programming language such as Java, Go, or C++
- Proven ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Strong autonomy in solving complex problems, including diagnosing and resolving critical production issues
- Deep understanding of system architecture, design patterns, scalability, reliability, and performance
- Extensive experience collaborating with senior engineers and technical leaders to shape engineering strategy
- Strong knowledge of DevOps, cloud architecture, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code
- Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP, including native cloud services
- Practical experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies
- Solid foundation in computer science, including data structures and algorithms
- A proactive mindset toward identifying and mitigating security risks
- Experience building AI/ML-powered products, including conversational interfaces or applications leveraging LLMs
Skills
- Expertise in at least one modern programming language such as Java, Go, or C++
- Proven ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Strong autonomy in solving complex problems, including diagnosing and resolving critical production issues
- Deep understanding of system architecture, design patterns, scalability, reliability, and performance
- Extensive experience collaborating with senior engineers and technical leaders to shape engineering strategy
- Strong knowledge of DevOps, cloud architecture, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code
- Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP, including native cloud services
- Practical experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies
- Solid foundation in computer science, including data structures and algorithms
- A proactive mindset toward identifying and mitigating security risks
- Experience building AI/ML-powered products, including conversational interfaces or applications leveraging LLMs
Benefits
- Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being
- Market-competitive compensation
- A 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match
- Performance and recognition-based incentives
- Tuition assistance
- Mental healthcare
- Fertility and adoption assistance
- Workplace flexibility as well as the GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year
Pay
$110,000.00 - $230,000.00
Schedule
Full-time
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 lives.
Great Careers: We offer a career where you can learn, grow, and thrive through personalized development programs, created with your career – and your potential – in mind. You’ll have access to industry leading training, certification assistance, career mentorship and coaching with supportive leaders at all levels.
Great Culture: We foster an inclusive culture of shared success, rooted in integrity, a bias for action and a winning mindset. Grounded by our core values, we have an established culture of caring, inclusion, and belonging, that values different perspectives. Our teams are led by dynamic, multi-faceted teams led by supportive leaders, driven by performance excellence and unified under a shared purpose.
Great Rewards: We offer compensation and benefits built to enhance your physical well-being, mental and emotional health and financial future.