Senior Software Development Engineer Jobs in Palo Alto, CA

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 Engineer II to join our Capacity Management team. In this role, you will help design, build, and enhance full stack applications and services that improve how we plan, monitor, and optimize platform capacity across the organization. You will work closely with engineers, product partners, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, reliable, and user-friendly solutions that support data-driven decision making.

This is an opportunity for a strong software engineer who enjoys solving complex technical problems, building intuitive front-end experiences, and developing robust backend services in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain full stack applications that support capacity management initiatives

• Build responsive and modern user interfaces using React and JavaScript

• Develop backend services and APIs to support application functionality, data access, and system integrations

• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to understand business needs and translate them into technical solutions

• Contribute to system design, architecture discussions, and technical decision-making

• Improve application performance, reliability, scalability, and observability

• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code

• Participate in code reviews and help promote engineering best practices

• Troubleshoot production issues and support operational excellence

• Contribute to an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing engineering culture

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience

• Strong experience building full stack applications

• Hands-on experience with React and JavaScript

• Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs and backend services

• Strong understanding of software development best practices, including testing, code reviews, and version control

• Experience working in cloud-based and distributed environments

• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Golang

• Familiarity with IaaS and capacity requirements for cloud infrastructure

• Familiarity with cloud platforms, microservices, and scalable system design

• Experience working with data-rich applications, dashboards, or internal platform tools

• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines, observability, and production support

What You’ll Bring

• A customer-focused mindset and a passion for building practical, high-impact solutions

• The ability to balance speed, quality, and long-term maintainability

• A collaborative approach to working across technical and non-technical teams

• Ownership, curiosity, and a desire to continuously improve systems and processes

Annual Salary

$75,000.00 - $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.

GEICO will consider sponsoring a new qualified 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.