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Senior Staff Engineer

GEICO

Location

Palo Alto, CA, Seattle, WA

Type

Full-time

Posted

8/25/2026

Compensation

$130,000 - $260,000 per year

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.7% approval-61% YoY
✓ Established sponsor

Job description

The Senior Staff Engineer at GEICO will play a crucial role in driving the transformation of the insurance business by building high-performance platforms and applications. This position requires collaboration with various teams to innovate and enhance existing systems while ensuring quality and performance. The ideal candidate will have deep technical expertise and will be responsible for leading the technical roadmap and mentoring other engineers. This role emphasizes continuous improvement and psychological safety within the engineering culture.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of professional software development experience within a Java framework.
  • 8+ years of experience with architecture and design.
  • 6+ years of experience in open-source frameworks.
  • 4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service.
  • Fluency and specialization with at least two modern programming languages such as Java, C++, Python, or C#.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical and thought leadership to the enterprise.
  • Collaborate with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve complex problems.
  • Develop and execute a technical software development strategy for various domains.
  • Ensure the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions.
  • Mentor and coach engineering and product community members to strengthen their technical expertise.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Government Employee Insurance Company Geico

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

35

FY2026

Approval rate

99.7%

FY2026

LCA certified

318

FY2026

Entry-level share

2.5%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

-61%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

+3%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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