Sr Manager, Staff Software Engineering - Commercial Service Platform (REMOTE)

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

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineering Manage to lead the development of innovative applications and solutions for our Commercial Sales/Service Engineering teams. This role will focus on building scalable, high-performing applications while leveraging AI technologies wherever applicable to drive efficiency, enhance customer experiences, and deliver business value. The ideal candidate will define and execute a technical strategy to transform our current systems and unlock new engineering capabilities.

What you'll do:

- Lead the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap to increase the velocity of delivering products and enable new engineering capabilities.
- Build and manage applications that seamlessly integrate with our commercial insurance systems, leveraging AI/ML technologies to optimize workflows and improve decision-making.
- Manage projects and processes to keep the team organized, efficient, and running optimally.
- Hire, retain, mentor, and manage engineering staff to ensure they have the necessary skills to perform their jobs and grow professionally.
- Perform engineering design evaluations to ensure projects are within resource, budget, and scheduling constraints.
- Set, manage, and report KPIs to measure progress and facilitate data-driven decision-making.
- Oversee day-to-day activities of engineering teams, ensuring timely execution of software development projects.
- Simplify and standardize designs, operations, and deployment plans, focusing on reducing complexity while improving performance, agility, and scalability.
- Be responsible for production operations support, ensuring availability, stability, and performance of production applications.
- Foster strong relationships with tech teams and business partners in commercial insurance to align technical solutions with business needs.

Qualifications:
- Proven management experience leading teams of 6+ engineers, with a focus on delivering high-quality applications.
- Strong understanding of AI/ML technologies and their practical application in building intelligent systems.
- Strong knowledge of cloud computing technologies and concepts (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, etc.).
- Fluency in at least one modern programming language such as Python, Java, or Go, with experience in open-source software being a plus.
- Proven ability to learn and adapt to new technologies quickly, with a strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and core computer science concepts.
- Proficiency in Project Management and work item management tools such as GitHub and Azure DevOps.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, build and release practices, and application monitoring tools.
- Fluency with SQL, PowerBI, and Snowflake technologies.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with senior leadership, technical, and non-technical audiences.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in the Insurance domain or similar industries.
- Proven ability to integrate AI/ML technologies into applications to enhance efficiency and scalability.
- Strong Cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.) platform knowledge.
- Experience with automated testing, including Unit, Integration, and End-to-End functional testing.

Experience:
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including software development lifecycle best practices.
- 5+ years of experience in a large-scale, mission-critical environment.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience supervising personnel in a technical environment.
- 2+ years of experience with automated testing frameworks.

Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.

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Annual Salary

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.

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.

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GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and associates. GEICO also provides a work environment in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the best of their ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for all associates and applicants.