Senior Staff Engineer – Java
GEICO
- Chevy Chase, MD
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Focus on multiple areas and provide technical and thought leadership to the enterprise
- Collaborate with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve our toughest problems
- Develop and execute technical software development strategy for a variety of domains
- Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions
- Utilize programming languages like Python, C# or other object-oriented languages, SQL, and NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Azure tools and services
- Be a role model and mentor, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community. Influence and educate executives
- Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams
- Analyze cost and forecast, incorporating them into business plans
- Determine and support resource requirements, evaluate operational processes, measure outcomes to ensure desired results, and demonstrate adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning
- Exemplary ability to design, perform experiments, and influence engineering direction and product roadmap
- Experience partnering with engineering teams and transferring research to production
- Track-record of publications history in credible conferences and journals
- Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code
- In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms
- Experience solving analytical problems with quantitative approaches
- Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment
- Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, operations, real-time communication)
- Fluency and Specialization with at least two modern languages such as Java, C++, Python or C# including object-oriented design
- Experience with Micro-services oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs
- Experience building the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems
- Fluency in DevOps Concepts, Cloud Architecture, and Azure DevOps Operational Framework
- Experience in leveraging PowerShell scripting
- Experience in existing Operational Portals such as Azure Portal
- Experience with application monitoring tools and performance assessments
- In depth knowledge of Datacenter structure, capabilities and offerings, including the Azure platform, and its native services including the Azure platform and its native services
- Experience in security protocols and products: Understanding of Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, OAuth
- Experience in Azure Network (Subscription, Security zoning, etc.)
- 10+ years of professional software development experience within a Java framework (J2EE, web containers and Java)
- 8+ years of experience with architecture and design
- 6+ years of experience in open-source frameworks
- 4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience
- Premier Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with no waiting period**
- Paid Vacation, Sick and Parental Leave
- 401(k) Plan
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Paid Training and Licensures