- Collaborate with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve complex problems
- Develop and execute technical software development strategy for persistent storage, specifically relational storage in PostgreSQL
- Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions
- Utilize modern programming languages where necessary
- Be intimately familiar with relational database design and operation
- Understanding of operating PostgreSQL in a Kubernetes containerized environment
- Build and operate containerized database workloads at scale
- Mentor and coach existing engineers
- Influence and educate leadership at all levels
- Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams
- Determine and support resource requirements, evaluate operational processes, measure outcomes to ensure desired results, demonstrate adaptability and sponsor continuous learning
- You are customer-centric, always keeping the customer's experience at the forefront of the conversation
- You are transparent and decisive. You have a prejudice for action and an iterative approach to software
- You learn from your mistakes and pass the knowledge on to others
- Fluency and expertise in PostgreSQL
- Experience building products in a micro-services-oriented architecture
- Experience with the architecture and design of greenfield and legacy systems (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling)
- Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code
- Fluency in DevOps concepts, cloud architecture, CI/CD frameworks (Github Actions, et al)
- Experience with application monitoring tools and performance assessments
- In-depth knowledge of data structures and algorithms
- Experience with solving analytical problems with quantitative approaches
- Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment
- Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, operations, real-time communication)
- Exemplary ability to design, perform experiments, and influence engineering direction and product roadmap
- Experience partnering with engineering teams and transferring research to production
- Proficient in HA database architecture and tools
- 12+ years of professional experience in software development with relational database systems
- 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
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience
- Premier Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with no waiting period**
- Paid Vacation, Sick and Parental Leave
- 401(k) Plan
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Paid Training and Licensures
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Senior Staff Engineer - San Francisco, United States - GEICO
Description
GEICO is seeking an experienced Senior Staff Database Engineer with a passion for building high-performance, low maintenance, highly available databases with PostgreSQL. You will help drive our insurance business transformation as we transition from a traditional IT model to a tech organization with engineering excellence as its mission, while co-creating the culture of psychological safety and continuous improvement.
Position Description
Our Senior Staff Database Engineer works with other engineers to innovate and build new systems, improve, and enhance existing systems and identify new opportunities to apply their knowledge to solve critical problems. You will be instrumental in the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap that will increase the velocity of delivering products and unlock new engineering capabilities. The ideal candidate has deep technical expertise in relational databases, specifically PostgreSQL.
Position Responsibilities
As a Senior Staff Database Engineer, you will:
Annual Salary
$110, $261,500.00
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.
Benefits:
As an Associate, you'll enjoy our Total Rewards Program* to help secure your financial future and preserve your health and well-being, including:
**Coverage begins on the date of hire. Must enroll in New Hire Benefits within 30 days of the date of hire for coverage to take effect.
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.