Senior Engineer at Geico in Bethesda, MD

Senior Engineer Location: Bethesda, MD Why Join 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 on relentless innovation to exceed our customers' expectations while making a real impact on local communities nationwide. Founded in 1936, GEICO is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and one of the largest auto insurers in the United States. 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. Senior Software Engineer Overview Our Senior Software Engineer is a key member of the engineering staff working across the organization to deliver a frictionless payments experience for our customers while maintaining the highest standards of protection, compliance, and availability. Our team thrives in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift quickly and quality cannot be compromised. The ideal candidate combines deep front-end expertise with proven full-stack capabilities—from responsive, accessible payment UIs through APIs, services, and production deployment. You bring strong operational aptitude: you design for reliability, instrument what you ship, and take ownership of systems in production. Position Responsibilities As a Senior Software Engineer, you will: Scope, design, and build scalable, resilient distributed systems with a primary focus on customer-facing payment experiences and the services that power them Own the full stack for payment features—from UX and component design through API contracts, backend integration, and production rollout Build product definition and use your technical judgment to drive toward the right solution with product and design partners Deliver secure, PCI-aware payment flows including card and bank account capture, tokenization, and wallet experiences Provide technical leadership within your team and functional area, especially on front-end architecture, design systems, and modular integration patterns Engage in cross-functional collaboration throughout the entire software lifecycle (discovery, design, build, test, deploy, operate) Lead design sessions and code reviews with peers to elevate engineering quality across the organization Define, create, and support reusable UI components, application patterns, and shared libraries from both business and technology perspectives Use developer tooling and Azure services across the SDLC (task management, source control, CI/CD, deployment, observability) to design, implement, and maintain applications with minimal direction Demonstrate production ownership and operational excellence—monitoring health, diagnosing issues, improving reliability, and driving root-cause resolution Mentor other engineers on front-end practices, full-stack integration, and production readiness Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams Qualifications Advanced experience building modern web applications with TypeScript, React/Angular, etc. Strong command of HTML, CSS, and responsive design; experience with enterprise design systems Familiarity with internationalization and client-side observability Ability to partner with design on UX, prototyping, and iterative delivery Advanced programming experience with at least two modern languages, including TypeScript and Go (or equivalent backend languages such as Java, Python, or C#) Proven experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs and gRPC services in microservices-oriented architectures Experience with architecture and design for new and existing systems (patterns, reliability, scaling, and maintainability) Comfort working across front-end, API layer, and backend services to deliver complete payment features Understanding of payment domain concepts (tokenization, vaulting, PCI scope, secure data handling) Awareness of compliance constraints when handling sensitive payment data Experience with continuous delivery, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code Advanced understanding of monitoring, logging, alerting, and distributed tracing; ability to diagnose production issues and drive remediation Knowledge of developer tooling across the SDLC (task management, source control, build, deploy, operate, real-time collaboration) In-depth knowledge of CS fundamentals, data structures, and algorithms Strong communication skills—able to explain technical problems and solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders Experience 5+ years of professional software development with meaningful ownership of UI and full-stack features Demonstrated production ownership: monitoring, incident response, performance tuning, reliability improvements, or production support Education Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience Annual Salary $100,000.00 - $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. At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position. The GEICO Pledge: Great Company: Protecting customers through life’s twists and turns with innovation and integrity. Great Careers:Personalized development programs, mentorship, and certification assistance. Great Culture:Inclusive and collaborative culture rooted in shared success. Great Rewards:Competitive pay, benefits, and flexibility to support your well-being and future. 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. Additional Locations: Palo Alto, CA