Geico
Sr Staff Engineer - Applied AI
Bethesda, Maryland · Staff+
No sponsorship$130k-$260kDetected 13 days ago
PythonJavaSpringDistributed SystemsCode ReviewVector DatabasesMachine LearningLLMsRAGAgentic AIMLOpsLangGraphAI OrchestrationA/B TestingComplianceLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoring
About the role
- GEICO is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer, Applied AI to provide technical architecture and leadership for medium to large, complex, cross-functional AI initiatives that have visibility at the tech VP level.
Responsibilities
- Architect and lead implementation of advanced Generative AI solutions including agent-based systems, intelligent automation, document intelligence, and decision support systems that span multiple business domains
- Design and implement sophisticated agentic workflows that orchestrate multiple AI agents, tools, APIs, reasoning steps, and business logic to automate complex enterprise processes at scale
- Question status quo with an eye for simpler designs and more secure approaches, influencing tech VPs to set direction for multiple teams
- Build systems and platforms that meet the highest standards for scalability, resilience, performance, availability, security, and compliance
- Drive innovation by exploring new models, frameworks, reasoning techniques, and AI architectures and applying them strategically to high-impact business challenges
Nice to have
- Experience with insurance, financial services, or other highly regulated industries including compliance and risk management
- Experience deploying AI components in Java ecosystems including Spring AI, LangChain4j, or Embabel for enterprise integration
- Experience with AI safety practices, evaluation frameworks, monitoring, observability, and regulatory compliance
- Experience with MLOps platforms including model training, deployment, and monitoring
- Contributions to open-source projects, technical blogging, or community participation
- Ability to map technical concepts to GEICO's business context and insurance industry specifics
- A hands-on architect who ships reliable, scalable, production-grade systems and stays engaged in code and technical implementation
- A systems thinker who can architect complex solutions spanning LLMs, agents, vector search, knowledge graphs, and enterprise integrations
Compensation
- $130,000.00 - $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.
Benefits
- 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.
Company info
- At GEICO, we help our customers through life's twists and turns.
- Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and we're constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs.
- At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities.
- Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most.
- We thrive through relentless innovation to exceed our customers' expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose.
- When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported and proud to work here.
- Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers.
- Senior Staff Engineer, Applied AI
Visa & Work Authorization
- You will actively mentor and sponsor mid-level engineers, set technical standards for AI/ML engineering excellence, and drive adoption of best practices across the organization
This listing is sourced directly from Geico's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.