About the position
GEICO's Enterprise Engineering team is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our new Legal Technology organization. You will build and maintain enterprise legal solutions that operate in a highly performant, efficient, and compliant way. You will play a pivotal role in design and development of legal solutions, shape architecture, and drive innovation to meet the evolving business needs within the Legal Department. Timely delivery of impactful projects that enhance GEICO's legal service delivery will be a focus. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in software development, been a key contributor within an engineering team, and have legal or similar domain exposure with the skills to collaborate with engineering peers and a wide variety of legal stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the strategy and architecture of the technology stack supporting the Legal Department including various tool sets, automation, cloud access and integration, and enablement tools.
- Work closely with the Legal Department to manage, innovate, and create new programs, direction and analytics that balance and improve legal service delivery.
- Present a vision and strategic recommendations with clarity and concision to stakeholders having varying degrees of technology fluency.
- Contribute to the technical direction within a team of software engineers who design, test, deploy and maintain legal systems built to support the department's needs and strategy.
- Provide mentorship, coaching, and guidance to foster a culture of continuous learning and DevOps mindset.
- Champion the implementation of engineering quality to include unit testing, automation testing, security testing, among others.
- Foster effective collaboration and communication across teams to align priorities, share best practices, and ensure smooth coordination for incident response, system maintenance, and upgrades.
- Report on your progress for key projects and other important measurables, in addition to presenting detailed plans to mitigate identified project risks.
- Help support the transformation of GEICO's insurance business as we transition from a traditional IT model to a tech organization with engineering excellence as its mission.
Requirements
- Knowledge of cloud computing technologies, concepts, security best practices, and compliance standards.
- Leadership skills with a passion for mentoring and fostering professional growth.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities, with a keen eye for detail and a passion for driving operational efficiency and automation.
- Fluency with at least one modern language such as Python, Java, Go and experience with open-source software is a big plus.
- Fluency with at least two Java, Go, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, XML, JSON, RESTful Web Services, and Event Driven Architectures.
- Experience developing and deploying applications in AWS or similar public cloud environment.
- Experience with application monitoring tools and performance assessments.
- Experience in a technology supporting legal, risk & compliance, regulatory or similar teams is a huge plus!
Benefits
- 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.
