Senior Staff Software Engineer – IaaS (Platform and Tools - VMs)

At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities.

Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive through relentless innovation to exceed our customers’ expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose.

When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported and proud to work here. That’s why we offer The GEICO Pledge : Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers.

Position Summary

GEICO is seeking an experienced Senior Staff Software Engineer with a passion for building high performance, low maintenance, zero-downtime platforms, and applications. You will help drive our insurance business transformation as we transition from a traditional IT model to a tech organization with engineering excellence as its mission, while co-creating the culture of psychological safety and continuous improvement.

Position Description

Our Senior Staff Engineers work with our Distinguished Engineers, Sr. Staff Engineers, and Sr. Engineers to innovate and build new systems, improve, and enhance existing systems as well as identify new opportunities to apply your knowledge to solve critical problems. You will lead the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap that will increase the velocity of delivering products and unlock new engineering capabilities. The Platform and Tools team is dedicated to realizing a secure, reliable, scalable, and highly efficient next-generation virtual machine management and orchestration platform running on Kubernetes. We seek an ideal candidate with strong technical expertise in software engineering, virtual machines, containers, and upstream Kubernetes, along with proficiency in Kubevirt and the OpenStack and Azure IaaS platforms / APIs.

Position Responsibilities

As a Senior Staff Engineer, you will :

Collaborate with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve our toughest problems

Execute a strategic software development plan for IaaS, encompassing virtual machines, containers, Kubernetes, Kubevirt, OpenStack, and Azure. Prioritize security, optimization for performance and efficiency across the entire development lifecycle.

Own accountability for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions

Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams

Fulfill on-call responsibilities and offer operational support.

Qualifications

Strong software engineering and system architecture background.

Experience with REST APIs, Kubernetes APIs, microservices, and containers.

Experience with virtual machine provisioning frameworks utilizing Kubernetes operators such as Kubevirt or Crossplane.

​Experience with modern front-end frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue.js.

Experience of building best-in-class customer facing experiences.

Proficient in Kubernetes (K8s) with hands-on experience in cluster provisioning and management.

Practical knowledge and experience in Linux and Windows operating systems, internals, and command-line utilities.

Comprehensive understanding of containerization technologies like Docker, Podman, and Rancher.

Familiarity with technologies such as ArgoCD, Cilium, Kubebuilder, and Kubevirt.

Expertise in automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Cloud Init, Crossplane, Pulumi, Terraform) for streamlined infrastructure provisioning.

Professional experience in software development using modern programming languages like Go (preferred) or Python, Typescript, Java.

Solid foundations in software engineering, experience in system design, implementation best practices, and testing methodologies.

Knowledgeable in security best practices for secure configurations and data protection.

Proven in optimizing CI / CD for efficient Kubernetes deployment and configuration using GitOps and ArgoCD.

Familiarity with security protocols and products, including Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, and OAuth.

In-depth knowledge of computer science data structures and algorithms, coupled with strong problem-solving abilities with a proactive approach to risk mitigation.

Familiarity with Crossplane and / or Kubevirt for virtual machine provisioning is highly desired.

Demonstrated ability to design and implement resilient, scalable, and efficient solutions.

Experience in building architecture and design, covering patterns, reliability, and scaling for both new and existing systems.

Possesses relevant cloud and container certifications.

Excellent communication skills to convey technical concepts to diverse audiences.

Experience

8+ years of PaaS and IaaS software development experience.

8+ years of professional software best in class customer facing experiences using React or other UI frameworks.

5+ years specializing in system design and implementation.

5+ years of hands-on experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or other cloud services.

4+ years working with open-source frameworks.

1+ years of leadership experience leading cross functional technical team.

Education

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

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Annual Salary

$130,000.00 - $260,000.00

The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate / annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.

At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The 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 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.

As part of our culture, we also offer employee engagement and recognition programs that reward the positive impact our work makes on the lives of our customers.

Great Rewards :  We offer compensation and benefits built to enhance your physical well-being, mental and emotional health and financial future.

• Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
• Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
• Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
• Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.