[Remote] Distinguished Engineer, Underwriting {REMOTE}

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GEICO is a leading insurance company dedicated to providing quality coverage and exceptional service to millions of customers. The company is seeking a Distinguished Engineer to lead the development of high-performance platforms and applications, driving the transformation of their insurance business by enhancing engineering capabilities and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Responsibilities • Focus on multiple areas in Underwriting and provide technical leadership to the org • Collaborate with product managers, business operations, and other engineering teams to solve complex problems • Develop 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 solutions • Provide 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 contribute • Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions • Mentor and help coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community • Influence and educate leadership at all levels • Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams • Analyze cost and forecast, incorporating them into business plans • Determine and support resource requirements, evaluate operational processes, measure outcomes to ensure desired results, demonstrate adaptability and sponsor continuous learning Skills • Fluency 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 mind. • Experience 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 services. • Experience with continuous building, delivery and infrastructure as code. • Fluency in DevOps Concepts, Cloud Architecture, and operational portals on major cloud providers such as AWS, Azure and GCP. • Experience in leveraging scripting languages for task automation. • Experience with application monitoring tools and performance tuning. • Experience in security protocols and products: understanding of directory service, SAML, OAuth. • In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms. • Experience with solving analytical problems with quantitative approaches. • Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment. • Exemplary ability to design, perform experiments, and influence engineering direction and product roadmap. • Experience partnering with engineering teams and transferring research to production. • 12+ 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 design. • 6+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service. • 6+ years of experience in open-source frameworks. • Experience with risk engineering, compliance, operations, or InsurTech is a plus. • Experience in the Insurance or Underwriting domains. • Proven ability to integrate AI/ML technologies into applications to enhance efficiency and scalability. Education Requirements • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience. 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. Company Overview • GEICO, Government Employees Insurance Company, has been providing affordable auto insurance since 1936. It is a sub-organization of Berkshire Hathaway. It was founded in 1936, and is headquartered in Chase, Maryland, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is Apply tot his job