Senior Staff Engineering Manager, Policy Platform [REMOTE]

Posted:
10/10/2024, 5:00:00 PM

Location(s):
Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States ⋅ Maryland, United States

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Product

Position Summary  

The Core Insurance Platform (CIP) organization at GEICO is seeking an experienced Senior Manager to build out and oversee a new Policy Platform Engineering team. In this role, you will build and manage a team that drives the development of a next-generation Insurtech platform for Policy management and other broad, foundational capabilities across the many GEICO lines of business. You will work closely and collaboratively with both technical and business teams to develop a progressive roadmap for the delivery of leaps in capability for the GEICO technology footprint and drive your team in the delivery of these capabilities.  

Position Description  

Our Senior Manager is a talented and experienced leader who collaborates with the team to develop and coordinate solutions, improve and enhance existing solutions as well as leverage engineering solutions to solve critical operational problems. In this role you will lead the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap, prioritize efforts with stakeholders, and implement complex horizontal solutions that solve for general problems (both functional and non-functional) across the Tech organization. 

Position Responsibilities  

As a Senior Manager, you will:  

  • Work with your Director to address project dependencies, negotiate, and estimate incremental delivery dates for milestones with the stakeholder community, and deliver projects on time 

  • Identify and raise appropriate project risks, in addition to presenting detailed and implementable solutions or alternatives  

  • Understand how requirements and design choices may impact systems across multiple areas  

  • Report on your team’s progress for project and other key metrics, in addition to presenting detailed and implementable ideas for areas to further improve or influence product or project delivery  

  • Initiate and support performance evaluation of team members  

  • Cultivate a culture that motivates all levels of performers to higher levels of achievement   

  • Build and maintain relationships with your team members to support an environment of trust  

  • Influence those you motivate and coach to be receptive to feedback by cultivating a culture that acknowledges and expects individuals to grow and be accountable as a result of the experience gained (growth mindset)  

  • Identify where technical or analytical skill gaps put future team deliverables at risk and craft a plan to remediate, consistently challenge team members to share knowledge and learn new technologies 

  • Proficiently execute difficult conversations on development and performance  

  • Craft and deliver strategic and well-structured persuasive arguments to drive projects that drive process improvement, enhance cost leadership, and/or customer experience 

  • Develop the team budget and be accountable for reporting on results achieved at regular intervals  

  • Significantly contribute to the team planning process to include surfacing associate level proposals  

Qualifications 

  • Strong understanding of modern cloud-based distributed systems design patterns 

  • Knowledge of cloud computing technologies and concepts (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, etc.) and providers (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.) 

  • Proven ability to concentrate and demonstrate a capacity for learning technical concepts and adapting to new technologies quickly 

  • Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and core computer science concepts is preferred 

  • Experienced with microservice-based architectures, highly reliable distributed systems and Event Driven Architectures is preferred 

  • Fluency with at least one modern language such as Python, Java, Go and experience with open-source software is preferred 

  • Experience with application monitoring tools and performance assessments 

  • Constructing, interpreting, and applying metrics to your work and decision making, able to use those metrics to identify correlation between drivers and results, and using that information to drive prioritization and action  

  • Knowledge of the insurance industry and/or regulatory compliance is preferred 

 

 Experience  

  • 6+ years coding experience achieving at least Sr. Engineer level of proficiency 

  • 5+ years of development in a large-scale, mission-critical environment 

  • 5+ years of hands-on work experience supervising personnel in a fast-paced, technical environment 

Education  

  • BS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience 


 

Annual Salary

$150,000.00 - $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.


 

Benefits:

As an Associate, you’ll enjoy our Total Rewards Program* to help secure your financial future and preserve your health and well-being, including:

  • Premier Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with no waiting period**
  • Paid Vacation, Sick and Parental Leave
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Paid Training and Licensures

*Benefits may be different by location.  Benefit eligibility requirements vary and may include length of service.

**Coverage begins on the date of hire. Must enroll in New Hire Benefits within 30 days of the date of hire for coverage to take effect.

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.