Staff Engineer Digital Experience (REMOTE)

About the position

Our Staff Engineer is a key member of the engineering staff working across the organization to provide friction-less experiences to our customers and maintaining the highest standards of protection and availability. Key engineering responsibilities will focus on the development and continued maintenance of several web applications and their supporting architecture, including both customer-facing experiences as well as internally developed web tools to facilitate content management. 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 bringing forward a full stack mindset, work duties can range from front-end UIs through back-end systems and all points in between.

Responsibilities
? Evolve Geico.com and its supporting systems with a focus on speed to market, security, and 24x7 availability.
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? Scope, design, and build scalable and resilient software solutions amongst diverse engineering groups.
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? Utilize object-oriented languages, Java, SQL, and NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Azure tools and services.
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? Perform engineering design evaluations and code reviews with peers to elevate the quality of engineering across the organization.
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? Manage day-to-day activities of the engineering teams overseeing execution of software development projects against delivery commitments.
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? Seek ways to simplify and standardize designs, operations, and deployment plans, focusing on reducing complexity and providing performance, agility, and scalability.
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? Responsible for production operations support and ensuring availability, stability, and performance of production applications.
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? Collaborate with cross-functional organizations throughout the entire software lifecycle to ensure technology and roadmap alignment.
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? Manage projects and processes to keep the team organized, efficient, and optimally running.
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? Set, manage, and report KPIs to measure progress and facilitate data-driven decision making.
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? Responsible for evaluating and driving new technology and Open-Source software considerations.
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? Research and guide architectural level changes that support and enhance application performance, security, and our drive to innovate.
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? Mentor and manage engineering peers to help share the necessary skills to perform their jobs and develop their professional careers.

Requirements
? Strong understanding of headless CMS architectures and open-source solutions with experience in JavaScript, React, PostgreSQL and NGINX.
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? Strong background in delivering digital - web products at scale.
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? Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure concepts, platforms, and technologies.
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? Advanced understanding of monitoring concepts and tooling.
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? Ability to prioritize and drive results based on business value to the organization.
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? Strong understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
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? Experience designing flexible, scalable, high-availability Cloud native applications.
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? Experience architecting and designing new and current systems.
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? Experience delivering CMS solutions using Contentful, Strapi, Storyblok, or AWS Amplify is desired.
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? Strong understanding of CI/CD, Release Management, and Configuration Management processes tooling.
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? Understanding of data modeling and AI concepts is desired.
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? Strong critical thinking, decision making, and problem-solving skills.
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? Excellent verbal/written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate to both senior leadership and highly technical personnel.
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? Ability to excel in a fast-paced environment.

Nice-to-haves
? Experience 8+ years of professional software development experience and/or solutions engineering experience with technologies such as Java, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Golang, Docker, Kubernetes, or Terraform.
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? Must have recent hands-on experience with developing or designing cloud solutions.
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? 4+ years of experience in open-source frameworks.
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? 3+ years of experience with architecture and design.
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? 3+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service.

Benefits
? Premier Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with no waiting period
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? Paid Vacation, Sick and Parental Leave
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? 401(k) Plan
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? Tuition Reimbursement
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? Paid Training and Licensures

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