Distinguished Engineer, Underwriting

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 with a passion for building high-performance, low maintenance, zero-downtime platforms, and applications. You will help drive our insurance business transformation as we transition from a traditional IT model to a tech organization with engineering excellence as its mission, while co-creating the culture of psychological safety and continuous improvement.Position DescriptionOur Distinguished Engineer works with Staff and Sr. Engineers to innovate and build new systems, improve, and enhance existing systems and identify new opportunities to apply their knowledge to solve critical problems. You will lead the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap that will increase the velocity of delivering products and unlock new engineering capabilities. The ideal candidate has deep technical expertise in their domain.Position ResponsibilitiesAs a Distinguished Engineer, you will:Focus on multiple areas in Underwriting and provide technical leadership to the orgCollaborate with product managers, business operations, and other engineering teams to solve complex problemsDevelop and execute technical software development strategy for a variety of domains, evolve tech stack to utilize modern backend and frontend frameworks, storage, event and messaging solutionsProvide technical leadership in adopting AI in various Underwriting task handling, development and testing activities. Hands-on designing, developing, testing and launching major projects while leading other engineers to contributeAccountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutionsMentor and help coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product communityInfluence and educate leadership at all levelsConsistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teamsAnalyze cost and forecast, incorporating them into business plansDetermine and support resource requirements, evaluate operational processes, measure outcomes to ensure desired results, demonstrate adaptability and sponsor continuous learningQualificationsFluency and specialization with at least two modern languages such as Java, Kotlin, Golang or C# including object-oriented design.Experience designing new and improving existing systems with architecture excellence, design patterns, reliability, and scalability in mindExperience building micro-services oriented architecture with gRPC interfaces, and event driven systems with Kafka.Proficient in programming languages like Java, C# or other object-oriented languages, SQL, and NoSQL databases, containers such as Kubernetes, and a variety of cloud tools and servicesExperience with continuous building, delivery and infrastructure as codeFluency in DevOps Concepts, Cloud Architecture, and operational portalson major cloud providers such as AWS, Azure and GCP.Experience in leveragingscripting languages for task automation.Experience with application monitoring tools and performance tuning.Experience in security protocols and products: understanding of directory service, SAML, OAuthIn-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithmsExperience with solving analytical problems with quantitative approachesAbility to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environmentExemplary ability to design, perform experiments, and influence engineering direction and product roadmapExperience partnering with engineering teams and transferring research to productionPreferred QualificationsExperience in the Insurance or Underwriting domains.Proven ability to integrate AI/ML technologies into applications to enhance efficiency and scalability.Experience12+ years of professional software development experience within a Java framework (J2EE, web containers and Java), or similar modern languages such as Kotlin, Golang, or C#.10+ years of experience with architecture and design6+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service6+ years of experience in open-source frameworksExperience with risk engineering, compliance, operations, or InsurTech is a plus.EducationBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experienceIVRPOLYXAnnual Salary$150,000.00 - $300,000.00The 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 prehensive 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.

Created: 2025-11-24