What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Staff Software Engineering Manager - Billing Platform (HYBRID) position at GEICO?
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.
About Geico
At GEICO, we are not just an insurance company; we are a technology-driven organization that is transforming the insurance landscape. Our mission is to leverage cutting-edge technology to deliver exceptional experiences for our customers and create innovative solutions that redefine the industry.
About The Team
The Billing team at GEICO oversees the tools, infrastructure, data, reporting, analytics, and services essential for delivering seamless billing experiences to internal users, end customers, and partners. Our billing platform functions as the backbone for managing financial transactions and customer interactions, enhancing efficiency, accuracy, and customer satisfaction while supporting strategic growth and ensuring compliance.
What You Will Do
We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to drive the technical vision of the Billing Platform. This platform includes a comprehensive array of components such as a core billing engine, invoicing system, commissions management, collections, payment processing, CRM integration, subscription management, credit control and dunning management, along with reporting and analytics. The ideal candidate will be someone that has built large scale distributed systems, is empathetic, excels at building strong relationships, and collaborates effectively with other GEICO teams.
Responsibilities
We are looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.
Minimum Requirements
If you are a passionate technologist looking to make a difference, GEICO Tech is the place for you. Join us and be part of a team that is shaping the future of insurance technology. Together, we will create innovative solutions that improve lives and transform the industry.
Annual Salary
$140,000.00 - $300,000.00
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.
GEICO will consider sponsoring a new qualified 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.
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.
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.
About Geico
At GEICO, we are not just an insurance company; we are a technology-driven organization that is transforming the insurance landscape. Our mission is to leverage cutting-edge technology to deliver exceptional experiences for our customers and create innovative solutions that redefine the industry.
About The Team
The Billing team at GEICO oversees the tools, infrastructure, data, reporting, analytics, and services essential for delivering seamless billing experiences to internal users, end customers, and partners. Our billing platform functions as the backbone for managing financial transactions and customer interactions, enhancing efficiency, accuracy, and customer satisfaction while supporting strategic growth and ensuring compliance.
What You Will Do
We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to drive the technical vision of the Billing Platform. This platform includes a comprehensive array of components such as a core billing engine, invoicing system, commissions management, collections, payment processing, CRM integration, subscription management, credit control and dunning management, along with reporting and analytics. The ideal candidate will be someone that has built large scale distributed systems, is empathetic, excels at building strong relationships, and collaborates effectively with other GEICO teams.
Responsibilities
- Deliver cutting edge platforms that scale to users' needs, focusing on reliability and efficiency
- Lead and manage a team of ambitious, talented engineers, providing mentorship, guidance, and support to ensure their success
- Provide hands-on technical leadership in architecture/design, vision/direction/requirements setting, and incident response processes for your reports
- Foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment, promoting innovation, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement within the team
- Partner with our recruiting team to attract and hire top talent and define the overall hiring strategies for your team
We are looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.
Minimum Requirements
- 10 years of professional software development experience, and at least 4 years of experience managing teams that shipped large scale applications and distributed systems
- Proven success in recruiting and building great teams
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for various audiences, including leadership, users, and company-wide
- Effective cross-functional collaboration, with the ability to think rigorously, communicate clearly, and make or coordinate difficult decisions and trade-offs
- Thrives with high autonomy and responsibility in an ambiguous environment
- Technical acumen to drive clarity with staff engineers on architecture and strategic technical decisions
- Ability to foster a healthy, inclusive, challenging, and supportive work environment
- Experience in the financial technology sector, with a focus on billing, payments, subscription management, and financial reporting.
- Expertise with a wide range of technologies, including SQL and NoSQL databases, Kafka, Spark, Airflow, or their equivalents
- Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience
- This is a HYBRID role working out of the following offices:
- Palo Alto, CA
- Dallas, TX
- Chevy Chase, MD
If you are a passionate technologist looking to make a difference, GEICO Tech is the place for you. Join us and be part of a team that is shaping the future of insurance technology. Together, we will create innovative solutions that improve lives and transform the industry.
Annual Salary
$140,000.00 - $300,000.00
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.
GEICO will consider sponsoring a new qualified 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.
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.
Salary : $140,000 - $300,000