Staff Software Engineer - Java [Hybrid]
Company: GEICO
Location: Seattle, WA
Salary: $115k - $230k per year
Type: Full-time
Posted: 2026-03-15
About this role
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 Description
Our Staff Engineer is an influential technical leader and key member of the engineering staff working across the organization to provide a friction-less experience to our customers and maintain the highest standards of protection and availability. Our team thrives and succeeds in delivering high-quality technology products and services in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift quickly. The ideal candidate has broad and deep technical knowledge, typically ranging from front-end UIs through back-end systems and all points in between, and demonstrates a proactive, critical thinking approach to complex problem-solving and driving technological advancement.
Position Responsibilities
As a Staff Engineer, you will:
- Provide influential technical leadership and guidance to engineering teams.
- Own complete solution across its entire life cycle.
- Proactively influence and collaboratively build vision with product managers, principal engineers, architects, team members, and customers to solve complex enterprise-class problems, demonstrating clear, concise communication and active listening.
- Be accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions.
- Lead impactful architectural design discussions and contribute to elevating the quality of engineering through active participation in peer review requests across the organization.
- Utilize...