Senior Software Engineer- Observability and Reliability Platform Engineering (REMOTE)

About the position

GEICO is seeking a Senior Engineer to lead the development of high-performance, low maintenance, and zero-downtime platforms and applications. This role is pivotal in driving the transformation of the insurance business from a traditional IT model to a tech-focused organization, emphasizing engineering excellence and a culture of psychological safety and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities
• Provide technical and thought leadership across multiple areas of the enterprise.
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• Collaborate with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve complex problems.
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• Develop and execute a technical software development strategy for the Observability Engineering domain.
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• Ensure the quality, usability, and performance of solutions.
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• Mentor and coach engineering and product community members to enhance their technical expertise.
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• Influence and educate executives on technical matters.
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• Share best practices and improve processes within and across teams.
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• Analyze costs and forecasts, incorporating them into business plans.
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• Determine and support resource requirements and evaluate operational processes.
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• Take on-call and operational support responsibilities.

Requirements
• Hands-on experience in building complex distributed systems for large-scale telemetry processing.
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• Advanced knowledge of at least one OOP language such as Java, Go, or Python.
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• Understanding of open-source databases like MySQL and PostgreSQL, and strong foundation with No-SQL databases like Clickhouse and Cassandra.
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• Knowledge of big data formats such as Parquet or Avro.
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• Experience in architecting and designing Observability platform solutions using Open-Source technologies.
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• Excellent communication skills for leading projects and interacting with clients.
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• Experience with continuous delivery (CI/CD) and Infrastructure as Code.
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• In-depth knowledge of computer science data structures and algorithms.
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• Experience with Windows Server Administration and Windows Event Log.
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• Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment.

Nice-to-haves
• Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle.
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• Experience with big data and streaming data pipeline architecture (Lambda/Kappa) and Kubernetes clusters.
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• Experience with open-source tools like GIT, Jenkins, CircleCI, and knowledge of Terraform/Ansible.
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• Knowledge in ML and AI technologies.
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• Experience with open-source monitoring software like Grafana and Prometheus.

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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