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.
GEICO is seeking an experienced and highly skilled Staff Software Engineer to join our Testing Tools and Frameworks team. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of testing and experience with developing and maintain re-usable testing constructs. They will have a good understanding of usability and be able to design interfaces with end-users in mind.
The ideal candidate has technical expertise with integration, end to end, and UI testing. Understanding the internals of popular test frameworks such as Pytest, Playwright, TestNG are a plus, and experience with rolling out tooling to thousands of engineers at scale is a strong differentiator.
Breadth of experience will be more important than depth in specific areas, if you enjoy working on different types of projects and codebases, then this may be a good fit for you. This position requires the candidate to understand customer needs, iteratively refine the understanding, and implement solutions.
Position Responsibilities• Partner with business and engineering to understand testing complexity and map the testing needs to existing capabilities.
• Have a deep technical understanding of test frameworks and when appropriate, develop extensions, plugins, fixtures, and other similar layers to improve the Test Framework capabilities.
• Prototype new test vectors, approaches, tools, or methods.
• Experience developing with LLM Agents and mentoring engineers on best practices.
• Building tools that have general utility.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
• Stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies to ensure our continuous delivery processes remain cutting-edge.
Qualifications• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• 8+ years of experience in application development, software testing, performance/load testing.
• Deep familiarity with test framework internals or advanced topics in Pytest, Playwright, TestNG.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Go, Node, Java, Python.
• Strong proficiency with Agent driven development.
• (Optional) Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration.
Education• Bachelor's degree or master's degree in information technology or related field, or equivalent experience.
Annual Salary
$105,000.00 - $260,000.00The 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.
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.
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