Senior Staff Software Engineer - AI & Underwriting Platforms - Hybrid

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.

Why This Role Matters

GEICO is re‑engineering underwriting at scale. As a Senior Staff Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in building the next generation of underwriting platforms that power decisions across all GEICO business lines. This is a high‑impact leadership role where you will design, build, and scale mission‑critical, AI‑enabled systems while helping transform GEICO from a traditional IT organization into a modern technology company.

You will work at the intersection of cloud‑native architecture, distributed systems, and applied AI, partnering closely with underwriting operations, product leaders, and senior engineers to eliminate manual processes and unlock smarter, faster decision‑making.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the design and delivery of large‑scale, production‑ready underwriting platforms, including AI and LLM‑powered capabilities
• Architect highly available, secure, and scalable services that support enterprise‑level workloads
• Drive end‑to‑end ownership of systems—from concept and architecture through production and long‑term evolution
• Provide technical leadership across multiple teams, influencing architecture, design patterns, and engineering standards
• Mentor and grow senior and mid‑level engineers, setting a high bar for engineering excellence
• Partner closely with Product, Operations, and Engineering Leadership to deliver measurable business outcomes
• Modernize legacy systems through cloud migration, automation, and digital transformation initiatives
• Champion best practices in observability, performance, reliability, and security
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders
  
  

What You Bring

Technical Expertise

• Deep experience with at least one modern programming language (Java, Go, or C )
• Strong background in distributed systems and service‑oriented architectures (REST, gRPC)
• Hands‑on experience designing and building cloud‑native systems on AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Fluency in DevOps and CI/CD, including infrastructure as code and operational best practices
• Advanced understanding of data structures, algorithms, and system design
• Proven experience with application monitoring, performance tuning, and observability tools
  
  

AI & Modern Engineering

• Practical experience integrating AI/ML solutions, including LLMs, prompts, and RAG‑based approaches
• Experience building AI‑enabled applications via APIs or embedded solutions
• Curiosity and comfort working in an evolving AI‑driven engineering landscape
  
  

Leadership & Collaboration

• Ability to lead through influence rather than authority
• Strong communication skills with a track record of collaborating across disciplines
• Comfort operating in a fast‑paced, startup‑like environment while delivering enterprise‑grade solutions
  
  

Experience Requirements

• 10 years of professional software engineering experience, including senior‑level technical leadership
• 8 years leading architecture and large‑scale system initiatives
• 4 years building and operating systems in public cloud environments
• 3 years working on AI/ML‑driven products or platforms
• Experience contributing to or leveraging open‑source frameworks
  
  

Why Join GEICO

• Build systems used at massive scale with real business impact
• Influence the technical direction of underwriting across the enterprise
• Work on modern, AI‑driven platforms, not green‑field demos
• Collaborate with experienced engineers and leaders who value innovation and ownership
• Be part of a long‑term transformation where your architectural decisions matter
  
  

Annual Salary

$110,000.00 - $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.
  
  

The equal employment opportunity policy of the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.

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.