Senior Manager, Staff Software Engineering – Multi-Cloud Networking

GEICO

full-time

Posted on: 9/18/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • California, District of Columbia, New York, Oregon

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💰 $140,000 - $300,000 per year

Senior

CloudGoKubernetesRustTCP/IP

About the role

Understand our vision ; make it so, in the way and style that is uniquely you.
Manage , mentor , and expand a team of Staff, S enior and Junior engineers, helping them develop their competencies in networking and cloud-native architecture.
Act as a force multiplier, leading the team by “chopping wood and carrying water ”, handling administrative and managerial duties so that our technical leadership is enabled to execute quickly.
Provide code reviews and tactical technical guidance for Junior, Sr and Staff engineers
Lead with humility and eagerness to learn from our technical leadership – our tech stack is complex and familiarity with every facet is not required.
Set goals for the team and individual team members, holding them accountable for delivery and coaching them on incremental progress towards long-term goals.
Build strong relationships with stakeholders across GEICO, including partner teams such as Platform Engineering, Network Engineering, and Security, and customer teams across the rest of GEICO tech.

5+ years of engineering management experience in the networking or security domains
5+ years as an individual contributor in the networking or security domains.
Competency in Go, C++ or Rust programming.
Experience with the OSI networking model, TCP/IP networking, and categorical knowledge of Layer 4 – Layer 7 networking.
Familiarity with Kubernetes internals ; experience running and operating software on Kubernetes.
Great communication , interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills
Strong attention to detail and excellent analytical capabilities
Hands-on experience with Istio, Envoy, Cilium, and SPIRE/SPIFFE, or have previously rolled out zero-trust networking or service mesh in an enterprise environment. (preferred)
Deep exposure to zero-trust patterns, workload identity, and compliance in regulated environments. (preferred)
Experience leading multiple teams; owning cross-org programs. (preferred)
Demonstrated success in platform product thinking (clear interfaces, paved-road adoption). (preferred)
Experience using, contributing to, and helping others contribute to open-source technology. (preferred)
Experience designing and operating large-scale traffic systems. (preferred)