Data Services Engineer II

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

​GEICO is seeking an experienced Engineer to join our team and drive our insurance business transformation as we shift from a traditional IT model to a cutting-edge tech organization. As a key member of our team, you will leverage your passion for building high-performance, low-maintenance, and zero-downtime platforms and applications to help us achieve engineering excellence and create a culture of psychological safety and continuous improvement.

Position Description

As a key member of our engineering staff, the Engineer II plays a critical role in delivering a seamless and high-quality experience to our customers, while ensuring the highest standards of protection and availability across the organization. Thriving in a fast-paced, hyper-growth environment where priorities shift rapidly, this individual must possess a broad and deep technical expertise, spanning front-end UIs, back-end systems, and all points in between, to drive the development of innovative technology products and services that meet the evolving needs of our customers.

Position Responsibilities

As an Engineer II, you will perform the following set of essential functions:

Under general supervision, DESIGNS and BUILDS high performance, low latency platforms and applications across Business Services, Data, Platform, and Infrastructure Engineering. SCOPES, DESIGNS, and BUILDS scalable and resilient distributed systems. ENGAGES in cross-functional collaboration throughout the entire software lifecycle. PARTICIPATES with peers in design sessions and code reviews to elevate the quality of engineering across the organization. UTILIZES programming languages (GO, Python, Java, SQL), cloud datawarehousing platforms (Snowflake, Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery), relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, etc.) NoSQL services (MongoDB, DynamoDB, Cassandra), Container Orchestration services (Docker and Kubernetes), in-memory data store (Redis, Valkey), and a variety of Azure tools and services. SHARES best practices and IMPROVES processes within and across teams. INFLUENCES product definition and LEVERAGES technical skills to determine solution. ADHERES to the Code of Conduct, company policies, and operating principles. MEETS attendance standard at business location to perform necessary job functions and to facilitate interaction with management and co-workers. MEETS the requirements specified below.

• Must be able to, with or without accommodation, perform the essential functions which include, but are not limited to seeing, hearing, typing and speaking
• Must be able to use a PC
• Must be able to follow complex instructions, resolve conflicts or facilitate conflict resolution, and have strong organization/priority setting skills
• Must be able to multi-task
• Must be able to learn and apply large amounts of technical and procedural information, and follow processes that have been published
• Must be knowledgeable of software coding and following standards and processes that have been published and the guidelines for the design
• Must be able to provide system training to team members as needed
• Must be able to communicate in a clear, concise, professional oral or written manner, to be understood by customers, clients, co-workers and other employees of the organization
• Must be able to perform under pressure and stressful situations
• May be required to be on call for production support 24x7
• Must be able to concentrate and demonstrate a capacity for learning technical concepts and adapting to new technologies quickly

Preferred Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience
• 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of experience with architecture and design
• 2+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service
• 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of experience with architecture and design
• 2+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service

2+ years of experience in open-source frameworks

Annual Salary

$60,000.00 - $215,000.00

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.

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.