Senior Staff Engineer - Legal Technology (REMOTE)

GEICO is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to join our new Legal Technology organization. In this role, you will lead the strategy, architecture, and execution of a technical roadmap specializing in enterprise legal systems to ensure all digital assets operate in a highly reliable, responsive, efficient, and compliant way. This is an exciting opportunity to define a new technical vision in a challenging and complex space, helping innovate legal service delivery at GEICO. You will also drive GEICO’s transformation from a traditional IT model to a tech organization with engineering excellence as its mission. Position Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction and technical leadership in the continuous improvement and deployment of Legal systems aligned to GEICO’s needs and strategy.
• Principal lead for architecture reviews involving core people technologies and mission-critical services.
• Build and maintain a technical roadmap that aligns with the Legal Department’s stakeholder needs and wants.
• Lead the full SDLC including technical research, requirements gathering, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
• Present a vision and technology recommendations with clarity and simplicity to stakeholders having varying degrees of technology fluency.
• Collaborate with cross-functional leaders, including the Legal Department, to maintain reliable and durable production systems and lead the technical direction of the Legal Technology organization.
• Foster effective collaboration and mentor junior engineers ensuring associate growth and development.
• Manage the technical aspects of vendor relationships and make technology adoption recommendations.
• Actively contribute to open-source projects and other communities of practice within GEICO and the industry.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to recommend strategic investments and enhancements in legal and related technologies.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a lead engineering role supporting legal, risk & compliance, regulatory or similar functions ideal.
• Strong understanding of cloud computing technologies, concepts, security best practices, and compliance standards.
• Exemplary ability to design, perform experiments, and influence engineering direction and product roadmap.
• Fluency and Specialization in at least two modern languages such as GO, Java, Python and/or Spark, including object-oriented design.
• Experience architecting and developing a mix of custom and third-party solutions to support strategic initiatives.
• Experience partnering with engineering teams and transferring research to production.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities, with a keen eye for detail and a passion for driving operational efficiency and automation.
• Experience with legal or related technology domains is a plus (e.g., eDiscovery, document and knowledge management, legal workflow automation, AI with legal, CLM, eBilling & matter management, etc.).

Experience

• 8+ years of experience with architecture and design.
• 8+ years of legal, risk & compliance, regulatory, or similar technology experience.
• 4+ years of experience in open-source frameworks.
• 10+ years of professional software development experience.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or equivalent education or work experience.

Annual Salary $115,000.00 - $260,000.00 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. 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:

• Premier Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with no waiting period**.
• Paid Vacation, Sick and Parental Leave.
• 401(k) Plan.
• Tuition Assistance.
• Paid Training and Licensures.
• Benefits may be different by location. Benefit eligibility requirements vary and may include length of service.
• *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.

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