Senior Staff Engineer - Payments Platform

GEICO

full-time

Posted on: 9/24/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $130,000 - $260,000 per year

Senior

AirflowCassandraCloudGoJavaKafkaPostgresPythonSparkSQL

About the role

Architect and implement secure, resilient, and compliant data systems for our payment platform across legacy (MS SQL) and modern (Postgres, Cassandra) systems.
Develop and execute a strategy for real-time and batch data processing, ensuring data is correct, complete and timely for downstream use cases.
Lead the development of data-driven solutions, including integrating complex data systems, and implementing analytics capabilities to derive insights from large datasets.
Partner closely with data engineers, analysts and scientists to define and implement data models and pipelines, that support critical business use cases.
Provide mentorship and foster a culture of learning and engineering excellence; set high standards for code, design documentation, and technical decision-making.
Establish practices for a high-performing engineering organization; stay ahead of industry trends and recommend new technologies.
Resolve service disruptions and implement prevention/self-healing mechanisms; influence and educate stakeholders at all levels.

12+ years in software development with Go or Java frameworks.
10+ years in architecture and system design with data-intensive applications.
8+ years with cloud-native systems, CNCF frameworks and distributed data stores.
Proven track record of designing and implementing data platforms for payments, financial or highly regulated systems
Ability to connect technical data solutions to business needs
Deep understanding of modern data architecture patterns, including event-driven architecture, stream processing (e.g. kafka) and real-time data processing
Strong experience with cloud-native architecture, CNCF frameworks, and databases like Postgres and Cassandra
Proficiency in modern programming languages (e.g., Go, Java, Python, C#) and data-related tools like Kafka, Airflow, Spark
Strong problem-solving, leadership and collaboration skills across distributed teams
Understanding of data privacy, compliance, and governance practices in the payments industry
Experience with payment systems and financial reporting is highly preferred
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience
GEICO will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position